Here are five things to know:
1. The CORE project is the country’s first study investigating the efficacy of non-opioid pain management.
2. The study jumpstarts in March and will encompass hundreds of patients who underwent surgeries across a variety of orthopedic subspecialties.
3. OrthoCarolina hopes to pinpoint safe and effective opioid-free patient management alternatives.
4. Nady Hamid, MD, of OrthoCarolina, heads the project, and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein supports the study.
5. The Duke Endowment, a private foundation, granted OrthoCarolina Research Institute a multi-year research grant to help fund the study.
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