PRESS RELEASE Prescribing just a few opioid tablets to patients discharged from emergency departments can ease pain but prevent misuse
Embargo: 00.01 hrs CEST on Sunday 17 September 2023 Barcelona, Spain: Half of patients discharged from the emergency department need only five tablets or fewer of morphine 5 mg or an equivalent opioid pain killer, according to new research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress today (Sunday). The…