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. 2019 Mar 27;4(1):e000255. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000255

Table 4.

If your patient who underwent an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy was using opioid pain medication regularly prior to their operation, how would this change the opioid and non-opioid medications you would prescribe?

Opioids Non-opioids
Increase No change Increase No change
Number or strength of medications, n (%) 11 (16.9) 45 (69.2) 21 (35.0) 33 (55.0)
Dose of medications, n (%) 30 (46.2) 35 (53.9) 18 (31.6) 39 (68.4)
Number of tablets, n (%) 11 (16.9) 54 (83.1) 17 (30.4) 39 (69.6)