A
re your docs overprescribing
opioids? It's more common
than you'd think. Despite
increased awareness of the
adverse effects and the poten-
tial for widespread abuse and addiction, a
new study from the University of
Pennsylvania found that physicians are pre-
Battling Post-op Pain
Without Opioids
5 multimodal approaches that work best
when pain from surgery is at its worst.
Kendal Gapinski
Associate Editor
• PAIN CONTROL How can
you relieve patients' pain
without relying on opioids?
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
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