Treating postoperative pain? Avoid tramadol, long-acting opioid analgesics and long-term use (August 2019)

Summary

This recent cohort study, published in Evidence Based Medicine, investigated ‘the risk of transitioning from acute to prolonged use’ of opioid analgesics in patients undergoing elective surgery. Patients given tramadol or long-acting opioids after discharge were at greater risk of prolonged opioid use than those who were given other short-acting opioids.

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