Pain Alleviation and Opioid Weaning in an 80-Year-Old with Chronic Foot Pain Following Injection Therapy with Perineural Dexmedetomidine and Dexamethasone

Pain Alleviation and Opioid Weaning in an 80-Year-Old with Chronic Foot Pain Following Injection Therapy with Perineural Dexmedetomidine and Dexamethasone

Opiates are routinely used for chronic pain patients, and up to 44% of them will have a prescription for an opiate medication for pain alleviation. However, of the 76 million adults prescribed opiates for pain management, about 12% report misuse, and a large number of these may find themselves addic...

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Main Authors: Amnon A. Berger, Ivan Urits, Jamal Hasoon, Alan D. Kaye, Omar Viswanath, Jonathan Eskander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-01-01
Series:The Surgery Journal
Subjects:
pain therapy
chronic pain
opioid withdrawal
dex-dex
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1722176

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http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1722176

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