Ambulatory Gynecologic Surgery: Finding the Optimal Opioid Prescription
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-08-04
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Currently there is a nationwide epidemic in opioid abuse and overdose deaths. While the
opioid epidemic is multi-factorial one major source of excess opioids may be over-prescribing
in the post-operative period. There is wide variation in the prescribing practices for
post-operative pain control and there is no standard of care for pain control after minor
laparoscopic surgery in general or after gynecologic laparoscopy. There is also evidence to
show that on average half of the opioids prescribed are unused by the patient. The aim of the
study is to evaluate two opioid prescription regimens.