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Sucrose is not a pain medication. That rant already exists on this blog. It was also the subject of my talk at the final SMACC conference, which is now online. Another blog post is probably unnecessary, but neither resource included the references from my literature review, so for those who […]
Last week, I discussed the reasons that I believe that tramadol is a bad drug that shouldn’t be prescribed. This week, I will tackle a similarly bad drug: codeine. The argument is essentially the same. Tramadol may be moderately worse, because of the added SNRI effects, but the variable effects […]
I have ranted previously about my concern that sucrose, despite its widespread use in pediatrics, is not actually a pain medication. I repeated that rant this week as part of the SMACCmini pre-conference day. However, it is always frustrating when people point out problems without offering solutions. This blog post […]
A summary of the evidence supporting the use of topical anesthetics for pain control in simple corneal abrasion after emergency department discharge