Medicine
Opioid-Sparing Multimodal Analgesia in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Quick fact
Patients receiving multimodal analgesia after surgery require up to 50% less opioid medication, yet report equivalent or better pain control and experience fewer opioid-related complications.
Why this is interesting
You've just had major surgery—how would you feel if the doctors told you they were going to give you fewer of the strongest painkillers, on purpose?