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« This week in Science | Main | In case you missed it: lessons from heart disease » Friday, April 6, 2007On the blogs: painkillers (Oxy-what?), pain-free pediatrics
"I'm still amazed at how many people are afraid to take this painkiller because of the media hype" about Oxycontin, she writes. "The funny part is that if you offer them Percocet they will gobble it right up without any questions!" On Healthy Children, Dr. Stephen Parker of Boston Medical Center talks about methods for pain-free pediatrics - from skin-to-skin contact for newborns during procedures, to pet therapy for older hospitalized children, as well as anesthesia. "Using some well-established (and some not-so-well-established) techniques to diminish the experience of pain, the screaming of kids in our emergency room and offices has markedly decreased," he writes. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 10:25 AM
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