Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News
Spine surgery patients who postoperatively received the anti-inflammatory drug N-acetylcysteine (NAC) requested fewer opioids and reported lower pain scores compared with placebo, according to study data.
“[NAC] is a powerful anti-inflammatory drug that could help pain for patients after surgery,” study researcher Sylvia H. Wilson, MD, a professor of anesthesia and perioperative medicine at the Medical University of