Keep in Mind NSAIDs Work as Well as Opioids for Most Acute Injuries

April 2015

You'll get questions about how to treat pain due to work-related or other acute injuries...sprains, back injuries, etc.

Opioids are often used because of misconceptions that they are more effective than NSAIDs...or that NSAIDs may delay healing.

NSAIDs work as well as opioids for most acute injuries...and there's no proof that they delay healing.

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Table of Contents

Thyroid Disorders Explain It's Okay to Take Levothyroxine in the Evening
Smoking Cessation Try to Avoid Chantix in Patients With a History of Seizures
Diabetes Think of Toujeo as a More Concentrated Form of Lantus
Diabetes Lean Away From Using Glyburide in Pregnant Women
Statins Use a Statin in Most Diabetes Patients Between 40 and 75
Obesity & Weight Loss Consider Fluoxetine Instead of Paroxetine for a More Weight-Neutral SSRI
Dermatology Expect Icatibant to be Saved for Severe Cases of ACEI-Associated Angioedema
Infectious Diseases Don't Start Antibiotics Based Just on Pyuria or Nitrites in the Urine
ADHD Try Adding Atomoxetine if Methylphenidate Response Is Inadequate
Neurology & Pain Keep in Mind NSAIDs Work as Well as Opioids for Most Acute Injuries
Vaccines Give the New Gardasil 9 to START or COMPLETE an HPV Series
Geriatrics Explain Recent Studies Don't Prove Anticholinergics Cause Dementia
Hospital Acquired Use Chlorhexidine Baths if Your ICU Has High Infection Rates
New Drugs Don't Use Triferic to Replete Iron Stores