Kidney Stones and Risk of Narcotic Use
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jim C. Hu; Joshua A. Halpern; Jonathan Shoag; Talia Stark; Lina Posada; Neal Patel; Brian H. Eisner
- Source
- Journal of Urology. 202:114-118
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Urology
Addiction
media_common.quotation_subject
030232 urology & nephrology
Opioid-Related Disorders
Pain management
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Physician prescribing
Opioid
Medicine
Kidney stones
Renal colic
medicine.symptom
business
NARCOTIC USE
Intensive care medicine
media_common
medicine.drug
- Language
- ISSN
- 1527-3792
0022-5347
Purpose:The rise in opioid related deaths and addiction has been linked to physician prescribing. Opioids are commonly prescribed to patients with renal colic due to nephrolithiasis. The aim of thi...