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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

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Are Opioids Necessary?

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Archive >  Surgical Drugs 2005

How to Choose Opioids

How to choose oral and injectable pain medications.

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

As powerful analgesics against chronic and severe pain, opioids play an important role in outpatient procedures. Morphine is still the most widely used opioid in the hospital setting, experts say, but a range of choices are available depending on the duration of the pain and patients' differing reactions to particular medications (see "Your Opioid Choices").

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