Opioid Use in Urologic Practice

摘要: The opioid epidemic has become a major public health crisis over the last two decades. opioid-related deaths and economic costs have increased dramatically since analgesics started to be prescribed regularly help control cancer- non-cancer-related pain in late twentieth century. As result of worsening crisis, various guidelines government regulations recently been implemented cope with this problem as it affects all fields medicine, urology included. Many conditions involve chronic medication, including neurogenic bladder. This review seeks summarize growing use prescribing practices nationwide. Specifically urology, there is body literature that could aid urologists creating good improve safety for patients requiring narcotic medications increase awareness new legal requirements utilization multimodal alternative therapies post-operative, acute well pain. CDC published 12 used frame state-specific laws Moreover, many states enacted regulating opioids some cases penalizing physicians non-compliance. Specific studies demonstrated unfilled prescriptions after urologic procedures, considerable variability habits, low rates dependency prescription post-operative Urologists are increasingly under microscope need understand current literature.