Opioid overdose deaths have increased substantially over the past fifteen years. However,
the position and beliefs of the medical community regarding opioids over time has not been …

Background: Unrelieved pain is a significant public health challenge in Australia and New
Zealand. Medical practitioners play an essential role in the management of acute, cancer …

Background: Pain during osmotic dilator insertion is rated as moderate to severe, even with
use of a 1% lidocaine paracervical block (PCB). Buprenorphine, a partial mu-opioid receptor …

A house officer wrote orders for a healthy patient who had just had an uncomplicated
cesarean delivery (CD). The hospital's tradition dictates orders for oxycodone plus …

In this issue of Fertility and Sterility, Bortoletto et al.(1) present data on opioid dispensing
after oocyte retrieval that should be eye opening to anyone who has been paying attention …

Atualmente, o modelo de Medicina Centrada no Paciente (MCP) é defendido por diversas
organizações vocacionadas para a saúde (incluindo a Organização Mundial de Saúde, ou …

The current crisis of opioid-related harms has shed light on the suboptimal nature of existing
practices for the prescription of opioids at discharge after abdominal-pelvic surgery. In this …

Following presentations on epidemiology, prenatal screening, pain management, and
treatment modalities of OUD in pregnancy, workshop participants were assigned to 1 of 3 …

BACKGROUND: Opioid use following surgery is one factor that has contributed to the
national epidemic of opioid abuse. This abuse has led to increased morbidity and mortality …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: With a goal of informing opioid prescribing after cesarean
delivery, we compared inpatient, prescribed, and outpatient Morphine Equivalent Doses …