Opioid Prescribing Patterns, Patient Use, and Postoperative Pain After Hysterectomy for Benign Indications

Sawsan As‐Sanie, Sara R. Till, Erika L. Mowers, Courtney S. Lim, Bethany Skinner, Laura Fritsch, Alex Tsodikov, Vanessa K. Dalton, Daniel J. Clauw, Chad M. Brummett

Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2017 · 136 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Gynecologists at a large academic medical center prescribe twice the amount of opioids than the average patient uses after hysterectomy. A personalized approach to prescribing opioids for postoperative pain should be considered.

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