Prescriptions for pain medication before and after bariatric surgery.
Jaewhan KimNorman WaitzmanNathan RichardsTed AdamsPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)
While comparison of average number of overall pain medication prescriptions before and after bariatric surgery did not decrease, opioid prescription increased post-surgery. Further studies are needed to examine whether post-surgery opioids are prescribed in lieu of or in tandem with other pain medication prescriptions.