New research shows a mixture of over-the-counter painkillers, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a local anesthetic can reduce both pain and opioid use after outpatient surgery.
In an abstract presented at the 2021 fall meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (abstract 2246), a research team reported the initial findings of an ongoing randomized, open-label trial. The study was part of the HOPE (Helping Opioid Prescription Elimination) project and included