Articles: opioid.
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The American Society for Pain Management Nursing and the International Nurses Society on Addictions hold the position that persons with co-occurring pain and substance use disorder have the right to be treated with dignity and respect, and receive evidence-based, high-quality assessment and management for both conditions using an integrated, holistic, multidimensional approach. Non-opioid and nonpharmacological approaches to pain management are recommended. ⋯ Pain management should include interventions aimed at minimizing the risk for relapse or escalation of problematic substance use, and actively involve the person and their support persons in the plan of care. Institutions should establish policies and procedures that support this position statement.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Dec 2022
Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Driven High Opioid Dose Reevaluation in Veterans with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.
Veterans Health Administration implemented the Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) in 2013 to promote safe/rational opioid prescribing. West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System (WPBVAHCS) has been an outlier for the percentage of Veterans with chronic non-cancer pain receiving ≥90 mg Morphine Equivalent Daily Dosing (MEDD) in Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 8 since the 2016 fiscal year. The purpose was to determine the utility of a Pain Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) identifying, reviewing, and approaching Veterans utilizing high-dose opioids for dose reevaluation and the impact on OSI metric post-opioid reevaluation. ⋯ No documented opioid overdose events, hospitalizations for uncontrolled pain or mental health, suicide attempts or pain-related crisis interventions were reported. Pain CPP's are equipped to provide opioid education, address risk mitigation strategies, reassess pain regimens, and refer for non-pharmacologic modalities. Utilization of Pain CPP resources helps improve OSI metrics while providing safe comprehensive medication management (CMM) for chronic pain.
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Also in ambulatory surgery, there will usually be a need for analgesic medication to deal with postoperative pain. Even so, a significant proportion of ambulatory surgery patients have unacceptable postoperative pain, and there is a need for better education in how to provide proper prophylaxis and treatment. ⋯ Multimodal analgesia should start pre or per-operatively and include paracetamol, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), dexamethasone (or alternative glucocorticoid) and local anaesthetic wound infiltration, unless contraindicated in the individual case. Paracetamol and NSAID should be continued postoperatively, supplemented with opioid on top as needed. Extra analgesia may be considered when appropriate and needed. First-line options include nerve blocks or interfascial plane blocks and i.v. lidocaine infusion. In addition, gabapentinnoids, dexmedetomidine, ketamine infusion and clonidine may be used, but adverse effects of sedation, dizziness and hypotension must be carefully considered in the ambulatory setting.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing Analgesia on an As-Needed Basis to Traditional Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia Within Fast-Track Orthopedic Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The aim was to determine if the use of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) in a fast-track joint replacement program is associated with increased use of perioperative opioid consumption and increased length of hospital stay. ⋯ IVPCA was associated with nonsignificant reduction in opioid exposure in elective total knee arthroplasty surgery within 48 hours. Neither group was superior in terms of length of hospital stay, opioid related side-effects, pain scores, and patient satisfaction.