Surgical patients are opting out of opioids due to concerns about side effects and addiction. Combining methods to manage pain can take these fears into account without compromising on care.
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Sedative-hypnotic drugs can distort a patient’s perception of reality. Some patients wake up from a procedure believing they have been sexually assaulted.
Xylazine, or tranq, is increasingly being mixed with drugs like fentanyl or heroin and can be difficult to detect. Most people who use drugs are unable to tell if they have been exposed to it.
Non-opioid directives allow patients to refuse opioids in all health care settings. For surgical procedures that require anesthesia, however, this may do more harm than good.
Most women in the US give birth lying flat on their back, anesthetized. An obstetrician investigates why this is and whether this is always the best approach.
Nevada plans to use a new drug protocol for executing Scott Dozier, who murdered a 22-year-old. A scholar explains why this is problematic.
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
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Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Co-Director, Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network and Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
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Lead Coordinator for the Opioid Free Pathway, University of Pittsburgh
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Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh