An opioid success story: Efforts to minimize painkillers after surgery appear to be working
- Written by Michael Kim, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Southern California
Many hospitals are implementing new procedures to replace prescribing opioids after surgery. Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock.com
The opioid epidemic has been wreaking misery and death across the nation for years. In 2017 alone, opioid overdoses killed more than 47,000 people – 10,000 more deaths than were caused by traffic accidents that year....