Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PCRX)

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6:45AM Pacira Pharma: Analysis of postsurgical pain management finds opioid-related adverse events drive longer hospital stays, greater cost and higher likelihood of readmission (PCRX) 28.69 : Co announced data from a large-scale analysis of a national database of patients from 380 hospitals in the United States who underwent 319,898 inpatient surgeries and received opioids for postsurgical pain management. The analysis found that opioid-related adverse events were associated with a $4,707 increase in hospital costs and a 3.3-day increase in the average length of stay in the hospital. The data were published in this month's issue of the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy.