opioids

I have seen and heard so many ways to treat analgesia during surgery. I understand that it often depends on the type of surgery and the patient, but I often hear the same few strategies and I was curious what everyone else does? Lets say for your typical Laparoscopic assisted Total hysterectomy...

Medical misadventures in opioid prescribing... ‘Unintended Consequences’: Inside the fallout of America’s crackdown on opioids ‘UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES’ Inside the fallout of America’s crackdown on opioids By Terrence McCoy, Photos by Bonnie Jo Mount May 31, 2018 Comments COLVILLE, Wash...

Is anyone else running into issues with their pharmacy with most recent JC surveys such as the following: "Anesthesia completes wastage and associated documentation at the end of each case and or within 1 hour of drug access; whichever is lesser" "Single dose vials were used to provide...

Rising MS-2 here interested in Addiction Psychiatry. Are there any board specialized or practicing addiction psychiatrists I can contact here on SDN? I have tried to shadow in my area but to no avail. Just have some questions on the career; any referrals at all would be greatly appreciated...

I've been trying to wrap my head around what this ideology means for patients with chronic pain: I predict that the rise of Alt-right ideology will promote the stigmatization of people with chronic pain (damaged goods, miscreants, genetically inferior, etc). In turn, there will be an organized...