Dartmouth-Hitchcock opioid study offers new guidelines after surgeries

News Release — Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterNovember 30, 2017
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LEBANON, NH — A new study by Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Chief of Surgery Dr. Richard Barth offers surgeons specific guidelines for post-surgery prescriptions for pain-relieving opioids.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, recommends that patients who have major abdominal surgery sho