Nonopioid directives: unintended consequences in the operating room.

Mark C Bicket; Jennifer F. Waljee; Paul Hilliard

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Nonopioid directives: unintended consequences in the operating room.

June 29, 2022

Bicket MC, Waljee JF, Hilliard P. JAMA Health Forum. 2022;3(6):e221356.

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Concern for improved prescribing of opiates motivated the development of programs and policies that have inadvertently caused new problems. This commentary discusses the impact of nonopioid use during surgery as a patient preference. It discusses the potential for adverse impacts of the strategy while recognizing the unique situation of perioperative use of pain medications.

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