5A NSAIDs: Friend or Foe as Opioid Alternatives?

With the rise in public and professional concern over opioid overdose deaths, a growing emphasis is being placed on using non-opioid analgesics. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, while not new, are garnering new interest as opioid alternatives. Along with demonstrated analgesic efficacy for nociceptive pain, these medications carry significant risks of morbidity and mortality from multiple mechanisms, ranging from hypertension, GI ulcerations, bleeding, kidney injury and cardiovascular acute events.

Source: Pain Management Nursing - March 31, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: June E. Oliver Source Type: research