Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation

INTRODUCTION: Copperhead envenomation causes local tissue destruction, leading people to seek treatment for the pain and swelling. First-line treatment for the pain is opioid medications. There is rising concern that an initial opioid prescription from the emergency department (ED) can lead to long-...

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Autores principales: Freiermuth, Caroline E., Lavonas, Eric J., Anderson, Victoria E, Kleinschmidt, Kurt C., Sharma, Kapil, Rapp-Olsson, Malin, Gerardo, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2019
Materias:
Toxicology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31123552
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.3.42693

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