Do we still need to be concerned about postsurgical opioid prescribing?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy The Johns Hopkins Hospital Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA.

Editorial

Suzanne Amato Nesbit. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 24;79(3):111-112.

doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab430.

¹ Department of Pharmacy The Johns Hopkins Hospital Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: opioid; opioid prescribing; opioid stewardship; postsurgical pain.

Comment on

Persistent postoperative opioid use after total hip or knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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