Multimodal Analgesia; Concept and Implementation: NSAIDs

Part of the series: Closing the Door on Surgery as a Gateway to Persistent Use of Opioids
Presented by Karen R. Boretsky, MD & Sam Reiga, BSN, RN, MBA

• Objectives:
  • Understand the problem of surgery as a gateway to persistent opioid use
  • Discuss the prevalence of opioid overuse as a complication of surgery
  • Discuss opioid sparing alternatives to opioid monotherapy
  • Understand NSAIDs as a key component of multimodal analgesia
  • Understand post-operative implication of NSAID use
  • Discuss Multimodal, Multidisciplinary Pain Management