Patient education and engagement in postoperative pain management decreases opioid use following knee replacement surgery

The incidence of chronic opioid use after surgery among preoperatively opioid-na ïve patients is now well-known [1,2]. Within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), patients on opioids before surgery will utilize opioids longer postoperatively compared to opioid naïve patients [3]. Overprescribing can contribute to opioid abuse and misuse [4,5].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - September 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Meghana Yajnik, Jonay N. Hill, Oluwatobi O. Hunter, Steven K. Howard, T. Edward Kim, T. Kyle Harrison, Edward R. Mariano Tags: Short communication Source Type: research