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Pain Control After Your Surgery: Important information for people taking opioid pain medications (tapering before surgery)
UMHS Department:
Department of Anesthesiology
Pre-Op Clinic
Pain Management Steering Committee
Cardiovascular Center
Cardiac Surgery
Acute Care Surgery 1 (ACS1)
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (HPB Surgery)
Rogel Cancer Center
East Ann Arbor Surgery Center
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
Brighton Center for Specialty Care PACU
Department of Nursing
General Surgery
Brighton Center for Specialty Care General Surgery
Link to Web:
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/Anesthesiology/OpioidTaper.pdf
Subjects:
Pain Management
Opioid Analgesics
Preparation For Procedure
Document Type:
Pre-Procedure Instructions
Drug Information
Format:
PDF
Population:
01-Adults
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
2 Page Handout
Keywords:
Pain control, Pain management, Opioid use, Opioids, narcotics, surgical pain, pain after surgery, tapering opioids
Publication or Revision Year:
2016
Cover Sheet:
No
Writing Team Contact:
Paul Hilliard MD