Using digital pills, researchers find patients consume fewer opioids than expected

Clinicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital published a paper in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia showing that digital pills successfully monitored patients taking opioids following an injury.
To track the participants’ opioid use, researchers used etectRx‘s ID-Cap system, which includes a capsule embedded with an ingestible sensor.
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Source: Mass Device - November 21, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Hospital Care Pain Management Pharmaceuticals Research & Development Brigham & Women's Hospital etectrx Source Type: news