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Reducing Opioid Use in Anesthesia
October 21, 2021
By Stephen M. Powell, MD, Facility Medical Director, Anesthesia, The Christ Hospital and Michael McReynolds, MD, Assistant Medical Director, Anesthesia, The Christ Hospital For centuries, people have known about the beneficial effects of opioids, along with their side effects and addictive possibilities. In recent decades, healthcare providers began prescribing opioid medications at higher and...