A restrictive opioid prescription protocol of 3 days or less after hospital discharge appeared feasible among a cohort of patients who underwent surgery at a large cancer center, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.
The restrictive opioid prescription protocol could lead to decreased chronic opioid use, researchers concluded.
Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, FACOG, assistant professor of oncology in the department of gynecologic oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues sought to examine whether postsurgical acute pain could be effectively managed with a