Editorial: Optimizing opioid prescriptions in the emergency department

Abstract

Abstract Optimizing opioid prescriptions in the emergency department is essential to address the opioid pandemic while ensuring patient wellbeing. This requires a comprehensive approach that includes exploring alternatives to opioids for pain management, identifying individuals at risk for opioid addiction, implementing evidence-based guidelines, and involving doctors in the management of opioid addiction.

Keywords

• Opioids
• Emergency Department
• Pain management
• Addiction
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs