Do US physicians prescribe more opioids postoperatively compared to the rest of the world?
Highlights the need to limit postoperative opioid prescribing and emphasize non-opioid alternatives in the US.
US physicians prescribe alarmingly high amounts of opioid medications postoperatively. Further efforts should focus on limiting opioid prescribing and emphasize non-opioid alternatives in the US.
Kaafarani et al. (Thu,) studied this question.