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One in three Americans suffer from chronic pain, a condition more prevalent and costly than heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Patients and providers report dissatisfaction with standard medical care, prompting the need for further research on effective chronic pain treatments…

Background. There has been a rise in opioid-related hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and mortality due to opioid poisoning across Canada. There is a gap in research related to Nurse practitioner (NP) opioid prescribing and safety measure utilization patterns and sp…

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of intravenous acetaminophen vs. oral acetaminophen or placebo as an adjunct to opioids on lowering post-operative pain scores, discharge time, need for opioids, and opioid-related…