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Papers: 5 Dec 2020 - 11 Dec 2020


Human Studies


2020 Nov


EClinicalMedicine


28

Efficacy of motivational-interviewing and guided opioid tapering support for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery (MI-Opioid Taper): A prospective, assessor-blind, randomized controlled pilot trial.

Authors

Hah JM, Trafton JA, Narasimhan B, Krishnamurthy P, Hilmoe H, Sharifzadeh Y, Huddleston JI, Amanatullah D, Maloney WJ, Goodman S, Carroll I, Mackey SC
EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Nov; 28:100596.
PMID: 33294812.

Abstract

Postoperative opioid use can lead to chronic use and misuse. Few studies have examined effective approaches to taper postoperative opioid use while maintaining adequate analgesia.