Long-term opioid medication use before and after joint replacement surgery in New Zealand.

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Summary

Avoiding unnecessary pre-operative opioid use and limiting opioid use for post-operative pain management where appropriate could help to reduce the risk of potentially ineffective or harmful long-term opioid use in patients.

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article
Published
2019-12-13
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Keywords

Medicine, Opioid, Analgesic, Chronic pain, Joint replacement

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