Given the side effects of IV opioids, what role does IV acetaminophen play in reducing opioid doses required to achieve multimodal pain control and ERAS?

Given the side effects of IV opioids, what role does IV acetaminophen play in reducing opioid doses required to achieve multimodal pain control and ERAS?

Given the known and problematic side effects of IV opioids — respiratory depression, nausea, vomiting, decreased oxygen saturation, and other effects on GI motility and absorption — what role does IV acetaminophen play in reducing opioid doses required to achieve multimodal pain control and ERAS? And, what about opioid dependency?


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Alparslan Turan, MD

Alparslan Turan, MD

Associate Professor
Departments of Outcomes Research and General Anesthesiology
Vice Chair of Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio