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๐€๐‘๐„ ๐–๐„ ๐’๐„๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„๐˜ ๐Œ๐€๐˜ ๐๐Ž ๐‹๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ?๐ˆ๐ง๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ...
09/08/2026

๐€๐‘๐„ ๐–๐„ ๐’๐„๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„๐˜ ๐Œ๐€๐˜ ๐๐Ž ๐‹๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ?

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

A study in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, โ€œ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ-๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™™๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ,โ€ examined opioid prescribing across the hospital journey of 117 orthopedic surgery patients.

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ:

๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–% ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
115 of 117 patients were prescribed an opioid when transferred from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation.

๐Ÿ’Š ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—% ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž.
More than half left inpatient rehabilitation with an opioid prescriptionโ€”and 71% of those patients had been opioid-naรฏve before hospitalization.

๐Ÿ”„ ๐‘๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ.
The authors argue that inpatient rehabilitation offers a controlled setting in which medications can be reviewed and opioid doses and quantities potentially reduced before patients return home.

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ?

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๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ:
Lucy Morison, BPharm, GradCertPharmPrac
Vincent Chan, BPharm, MPH, PhD
Tim Tran, BPharm, PhD

๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐„ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐’๐€๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹?A flexible, patient-centered approach to opioid tapering ma...
09/03/2026

๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐„ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐’๐€๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹?

A flexible, patient-centered approach to opioid tapering may help patients reduce opioid use while still making meaningful progress in chronic pain management.

A study in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’•๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”: ๐‘ถ๐’–๐’•๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’”, ๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’˜-๐’–๐’‘,โ€ followed patients receiving interdisciplinary treatment for chronic nonmalignant pain.

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :

๐Ÿ“‰ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ
Every patient in the opioid cohort ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ opioid use during treatment, and ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ discontinued opioids completely.

๐Ÿงฉ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐
Rather than following a rigid protocol, tapering could be ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐, ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ when pain or function worsened.

๐Ÿ•’ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
At an average 4.5-year follow-up, only ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ–% of the opioid cohort ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ on opioids for chronic nonmalignant pain.

The study suggests that opioid reduction may be more sustainable when the plan adapts to the patientโ€”๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ?

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๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ:
Susan M. Ferron, MD
Alfred L. Clavel, Jr., MD
Georgia E. Panopoulos, PhD
Grant M. Kaper, DPT
Sally K. Gustafson, MS

๐‚๐€๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‚๐“ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐”๐’๐„ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‘?๐€๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซโ€”๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ...
09/03/2026

๐‚๐€๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐๐‘๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‚๐“ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐”๐’๐„ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‘?

๐€๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซโ€”๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ.

In the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ editorial, โ€œ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”? ๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’…,โ€ Marco Cascella, MD, PhD, examines the growing use of AI and predictive analytics in opioid care.

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Could machine learning recognize signs of OUD before traditional approaches?

๐Ÿฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐š
EHRs, prescribing patterns, and clinical notes may reveal signals that aren't readily apparent otherwise.

โš ๏ธ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ
Bias, reliability, privacy, security, and ethics remain critical concerns as AI moves further into healthcare.

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๐Œ๐„๐“๐‡๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐‚ ๐๐€๐ˆ๐: ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐“ ๐€๐‹๐‹๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ...
08/19/2026

๐Œ๐„๐“๐‡๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐‚ ๐๐€๐ˆ๐: ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐“ ๐€๐‹๐‹

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐š๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก.

A 13-year retrospective study published in the Journal of Opioid Management, โ€œ๐‘น๐‘ผ๐‘ด๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฏ-1: ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’‚ 13-๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜,โ€ examined methadone conversion among 65 pediatric patients.

๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :
๐Ÿ”„ Conversion ratios varied dramatically.
Initial oral morphine-equivalent-to-methadone ratios ranged from 0.64:1 to 162:1.

๐Ÿ“ˆ The previous opioid dose mattered.
Higher conventional opioid doses were associated with higher methadone conversion ratios.

โฑ๏ธ The transition period mattered.
The researchers emphasize a full 5-day switching period, particularly when transitioning children receiving higher conventional opioid doses.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐š๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?

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๐’๐”๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐Š ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐’ ๐†๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐€๐“๐“๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐”๐’๐„ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„A new study published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž...
08/18/2026

๐’๐”๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐Š ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐’ ๐†๐‘๐„๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐€๐“๐“๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐”๐’๐„ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐„

A new study published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, "๐‘ช๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“: ๐‘จ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’”-๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’š", examined suicidal behaviors among 329 outpatients with opioid use disorderโ€”and the numbers are striking.

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ’% ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“.๐ŸŽ% ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Lifetime abuse โ€” Trauma history emerged as an important factor.
โ€ข Multiple substance use disorders โ€” Greater poly substance involvement was associated with suicidal behaviors.
โ€ข Psychiatric comorbidity โ€” A greater number of psychiatric diagnoses was also independently associated with suicidal ideation and attempts.

The findings reinforce the importance of systematically evaluating su***de risk as part of caring for patients with opioid use disorder.

๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž-๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐”๐ƒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?

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๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ:
Raul Felipe Palma-รlvarez, PhD
Constanza Daigre, PhD
Germรกn Ortega-Hernรกndez, MD
Elena Ros-Cucurull, PhD
Ana Rios-Landeo, MD
Paula Gamboa, MD
Marta Perea-Ortueta, MSc
Marta Sorribes, MSc
Carlos Roncero, PhD
Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, PhD
Lara Grau-Lรณpez, PhD

๐ŸŒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐š ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ?A n...
08/06/2026

๐ŸŒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐š ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ?

A new Review Article in the Journal of Opioid Management compares narcotics regulations across several major international jurisdictions, including the United States, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, India, and United Nations drug control conventions.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž:
โœ… Prescription requirements

โœ… Importation of controlled substances

โœ… Drug scheduling

โœ… Regulatory agencies

โœ… International treaties

The authors also identify important gaps in today's global regulatory system, including inconsistent regulations between countries, uneven implementation of prescription monitoring programs, and the need for better international cooperation to address emerging psychoactive substances.

The article emphasizes that successful opioid policy must strike a careful balance between preventing diversion and ensuring patients have access to medications needed for pain management and other legitimate medical uses.

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๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ:
Vishesh Sahu, MPharm Candidate
Simran Kaur, MPharm Candidate
Simran Yadav, MPharm Candidate
Navneet Sharma, PhD
Vikesh Kumar Shukla, PhD

๐Ÿ’‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ?Transitioning patients from high-dose opioids to buprenorphine can be one ...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿ’‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ?

Transitioning patients from high-dose opioids to buprenorphine can be one of the most difficult parts of treating chronic pain and opioid dependence.

A new Clinical Report published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, "๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’‹๐’–๐’๐’„๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’‘๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’Š๐’… ๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’“๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’†: ๐‘จ ๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’”," describes how four patients who had previously failed outpatient opioid rotation were successfully transitioned using ketamine infusion during inpatient treatment.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
๐Ÿ’‰ All four patients successfully transitioned to buprenorphine after previous outpatient attempts had been unsuccessful.

๐Ÿฉบ Ketamine helped manage withdrawal symptoms while supporting a safer transition away from high-dose opioids.

โœ… Patients reported improved pain control and daily functioning during follow-up while remaining on or reducing their buprenorphine therapy.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž?๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€”๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž.A new study published in t...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž?

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€”๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž.

A new study published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, "๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Ž๐’‚ ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’-๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’๐’„๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’," found that as researchers moved away from stigmatizing language, scientific research increasingly focused on treatment, recovery, overdose prevention, and public health.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
๐Ÿง  Language shapes research. Nonstigmatizing terminology was more closely connected with addiction treatment and recovery-focused research.

๐Ÿค Person-first language is becoming more common. More than three-quarters of the terminology identified in the analysis used nonstigmatizing language.

โค๏ธ Reducing stigma may improve care. The authors suggest that respectful, clinically accurate language can help reduce barriers to treatment while supporting better public health responses.

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๐Ÿฆด ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐”๐ฌ๐ž?Managing pain after femoral fracture ...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿฆด ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐”๐ฌ๐ž?

Managing pain after femoral fracture surgery is essentialโ€”but finding effective nonopioid options remains a priority.

A new study published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, "๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’Š๐’›๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•-๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’š,," compared two commonly prescribed muscle relaxants given before surgery to determine whether one provided better postoperative pain relief.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
๐Ÿฉบ Both medications helped reduce postoperative pain during recovery following femoral fracture surgery.

๐Ÿ’Š Tizanidine showed a trend toward lower pain scores, but the differences were not statistically significant after the researchers adjusted for multiple comparisons.

โœ… Both treatments demonstrated similar safety profiles and opioid requirements, suggesting either may be considered as part of a multimodal pain management strategy.

๐Ÿ‘ถ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐‚-๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?Managing pain after a cesarean delivery is important for both mo...
08/04/2026

๐Ÿ‘ถ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐‚-๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Managing pain after a cesarean delivery is important for both mother and babyโ€”but reducing opioid use is just as important.

A new study published in the ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, "๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•-๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’๐’„๐’๐’๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’: ๐‘จ ๐’…๐’๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’†-๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’," found that intravenous metoclopramide reduced early postoperative pain while lowering opioid requirements after elective cesarean delivery.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
๐Ÿ‘ถ Women experienced less pain during the first few hours after surgery, when recovery and breastfeeding often begin.

๐Ÿ’Š Patients required less morphine during the first 24 hours, supporting efforts to minimize opioid exposure after surgery.

๐ŸŒฟ Early recovery was improved with lower rates of nausea and vomiting immediately after surgery, helping patients recover more comfortably.

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