Preoperative education on pain self-management and opioid consumption does not significantly impact opioid use and disposal following shoulder arthroplasty: results of a prospective randomized controlled trial.

JSES Int · 2025 · PMC12435076 · PMID 40959022

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The education group consumed a median of 15 (IQR 6-33) pills and the control group consumed a median of 21 (add IQR 6-32) pills postoperatively, but this did not reach statistical significance ( P = .70).

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Furthermore, we found in patients ≥80-years-old, 0/7 (0%) disposed of unused opioid pills and although it did not meet significance, we also found an overall trend that patients ≥80 years old consumed less opioids compared to patients ≤60 years old.

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