Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation

Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation

Introduction: Copperhead envenomation causes local tissue destruction, leading people to seek treatment for the pain and swelling. First-line treatment for the pain is opioid medications. There is rising concern that an initial opioid prescription from the emergency department (ED) can lead to long-...

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Main Authors: Caroline E. Freiermuth, Eric J. Lavonas, Victoria E Anderson, Kurt C. Kleinschmidt, Kapil Sharma, Malin Rapp-Olsson, Charles Gerardo, Copperhead Recovery Workgroup, Sean Bush, Michael Mullins, Spencer Greene, Eric Toschlog, Eugenia Quackenbush, S. Rutherford Rose, Richard Schwartz, Nathan Charlton, Brandon Lewis, Nicklaus Brandehoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-04-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6ht5m9tr

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