Pre-surgery counseling, non-opioid pain relievers shown to reduce post-surgery opioid use

NEW ORLEANS, March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two new studies presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) demonstrated that pre-operative counseling resulted in a significant decrease in opioid use after hand surgery and patients who...