I'm just all, well, that hurts a lot, guess I should get used to it.

Not me. First twinge and I'm reaching for the ibuprofen bottle. Considering how much I downed in my 20s it's amazing I even have kidneys left.

Hey, Megyn Kelly has learned that blackface is wrong and she feels really bad and cried about it so the world has been fixed.

I just opened an article to edit, and it is, for real, on the use of a restrictive opioid prescribing protocol after OB/GYN and abdominal surgery. Coincidence or spooky shit? You be the judge.

What percentage of your articles are about opioid protocols at this point? I would imagine more than 10 years ago, at least.

Man, I was just re-reading stuff written by my PITA ex-staff member, and I am SO GLAD she's in law school now! It's got to be the right place for her. So litigious all the time.

What percentage of your articles are about opioid protocols at this point? I would imagine more than 10 years ago, at least.

Definitely more than 10 years ago, but still fewer than you might think (just because there's so much other medical stuff getting published, so the percentage is diluted).

Lol, Jesse, I suppose that's good! But yay not having to deal anymore. One of the reasons I'm not looking forward to going back to work is my project manager I work closely with is a dude I really like, but he's gotten a new job in the company and is leaving. His replacement is someone I worked with briefly before, who I recall as being ok, but not great.

Steph, how many opioids did they say to give people post surgery? Or what's the restrictive part? I didn't take any at all yesterday and was fine (well, possibly shitty-feeling from withdrawal? I took four on Monday because I was in a lot of pain). Today I just took half of one, a bit ago, because I'm having these stabbing pains in my heel. Not sure if that's "yay the blood is flowing to there and shit is healing" or a sign of "oops the screws or pins have slipped or are infected" or what, but it's making me crazy. Hoping the oxy will help.

Normally I go for naproxen because my migraine doc told me to take it, but sometimes I really feel like aspirin does the trick, even though I feel like nobody takes it these days.

Definitely more than 10 years ago, but still fewer than you might think (just because there's so much other medical stuff getting published, so the percentage is diluted).

Yeah, that makes sense. And it's not like there's not still lots of funding for lots of research on All Of The Things.

Normally I go for naproxen because my migraine doc told me to take it, but sometimes I really feel like aspirin does the trick, even though I feel like nobody takes it these days.

So old-school! Doesn't that stuff come from trees??

Steph, how many opioids did they say to give people post surgery? Or what's the restrictive part?

Well, the article is only about women who had laparoscopic OB/GYN or abdominal surgery, who received opioids in the hospital -- what they restricted was the prescription for opioids after they were discharged from the hospital. The program prescribes 3 days of opioids, which was 12 pills.

But again, this is just laparoscopic OB/GYN or abdominal surgery. Other forms of surgery that are more invasive and extensive are going to need more drugs after discharge.

My mom prefers aspirin and doesn't really keep any other painkillers in the house, which we rediscover every time I am over there and get a headache (I've never been able to take aspirin and Mom used to get Tylenol for me when I lived there, somehow we are both always a little surprised that there isn't any lurking in a medicine cabinet)

My doctor friends say if aspirin was "invented" today they would charge a small fortune for the stuff. Mostly they are still fans.