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AUGUST 3, 2018

Multimodal and Opioid-Only Non-ICU Regimens Both Effective

San Antonio—There was no difference in time to pain control or the amount of morphine equivalents used between multimodal and opioid-only pain regimens for postoperative non-ICU patients, according to research presented at the 2018 annual Critical Care Congress (abstract 1581).

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Alexandra Greco, PharmD

“Clinicians may substitute nonopioids while having opioids on board as needed,” said Alexandra Greco, PharmD, a PGY-2 pharmacy resident in critical care at WVU Medicine, in