Originally published in our sister publication, Pain Medicine News.
An alternative multimodal pain regimen (MMPR) for severely injured, hospitalized patients was found to be superior to an earlier regimen in reducing opioid requirement, while just as effective in managing pain.
The new regimen also was associated with lower costs than the original, and is believed to be adaptable to other settings.
A pragmatic, nonblind randomized trial comparing the regimens was conducted by John Harvin, MD, MS,