TY - JOUR T1 - Non-opioid analgesia is as effective as opioid management in acute pain and supports a change in prescribing practice to help address the ‘opioid epidemic’ JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 50 LP - 50 DO - 10.1136/eb-2018-102877 VL - 21 IS - 2 AU - Amelia Swift Y1 - 2018/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/21/2/50.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Chang AK, Bijur PE, Esses D, et al. Effect of a single dose or oral opioid and non-opioid analgesics on acute extremity pain in the emergency department: a randomised controlled clinical trial. JAMA 2017;318:1661–7.In some emergency department patients, combinations of non-opioid analgesia may be as effective in reducing pain as opioids.Using non-opioid analgesia as a first-line treatment in short-term moderate to severe trauma pain might contribute to reducing long-term dependence on opioids.Further research into dosing, adverse events, patient satisfaction and analgesia combinations in other patient groups is required.Opioid analgesics are the first-line treatment for moderate to severe pain in the emergency department (ED) despite … ER -