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Study: Patient-controlled pain meds cause harm more often

December 3, 2008 — 12:39pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study has concluded that when patients receive intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)--which allows them to control their own pain medication--they face risks not typical of other... Read more...