Opioid dosing under GA

This may seem a little basic, but I’m a resident and am curious how most people dose their opioids. I generally don’t give any long acting opioids for cases without significant post op pain. For cases where they’ll need post op analgesia, I usually dose some long acting opioids at the start of GA because I think it lets me use less fentanyl and smoothes out the hemodynamics. So long as it’s a modest dose, I haven’t had anyone yet that fails to breath by the end of the surgery. Do others do... Opioid dosing under GA
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