Dry needling, Lidoderm, Nitrous, and Harps reduce opioids in ED...

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ER Reduces Opioid Use By More Than Half With Dry Needles, Laughing Gas

"The ER team at St. Joseph's employs a number of other pain-relieving strategies, too: using patches of lidocaine (a non-opioid painkiller); ultrasound to find nerves so they can inject numbing agents; laughing gas for patients to breathe in through a mask, and even a harpist to roam the halls to soothe patients, who are then often sent home with instructions to use ibuprofen, acetaminophen or a warm compress rather than opioids."
 
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