Opioid use before knee replacement surgery results in worse pain outcomes for patients

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A team of investigators found patients who had higher pain catastrophising, the degree of an exaggerated, negative response to pain, were more likely to take opioids for pain relief. They found that patients who used opioids to manage their knee pain before their total knee replacement had less pain relief after the operation.

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