What is your approach to acute pain management in hospitalized patients who receive long-acting injectable naltrexone for alcohol use disorder?
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General Internal Medicine · The University of Colorado
- Maximize non-opioid therapies (NSAIDs, Tylenol, ketamine or lidocaine infusions if appropriate/available, nerve blocks).
- If opioids are still needed, the basic answer is that I would treat pain with higher doses of opioids. I would tailor my approach to the cause of the pain, though. If a patient w...