Conservative opioid prescribing, with an eye to avoiding the potential for misuse, does not lead to increased dissatisfaction among patients recovering from minor outpatient surgery (classified as ASA I-II by the American Society of Anesthesiologists), according to recently published data.
In the observational study, researchers evaluated 270 surgical patients (153 women; mean age, 47.5 years) who were prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and up to six pills of 5-mg oxycodone as