Opioids have long been the mainstay of drugs used for intra-operative analgesia. Due to their wellknown short and long term side effects, the use of non-opioid analgesics has often been encouraged to decrease the dose of opioid required and minimise these side effects. This study has attempted to determine the use of nonopioid analgesics as part of an opioid sparing practice among anaesthetists across Australia and New Zealand. |