A 65-year old man with COPD underwent knee arthroscopy yesterday. During the follow up round today, according to the man’s wife he has been sleeping “off and on” since he arrived home. On assessment, the patient reports knee pain of 7 out of 10. He says the “pain pills take the edge off the pain” for 1-2 hours but make him dizzy and somewhat nauseous. He has taken 325 mg acetaminophen and 30 mg codeine tablets about every 4-5 hours since arriving home yesterday. He said the surgery nurse told him he couldn’t have anything stronger because of his COPD.
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