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  • Title: National opioid prescription patterns and patient usage after routine vasectomy.
    Author: Asanad K, Nusbaum DJ, Samplaski MK.
    Journal: Andrologia; 2020 Jun; 52(5):e13563. PubMed ID: 32196718.
    Abstract:
    Routine prescription of opioids after outpatient surgery is common. The main objective of this study was to determine urologist opioid prescribing patterns and patients' pain control medication regimens (opioid and anti-inflammatory) after vasectomy. We designed an anonymous seven-question electronic survey of urologists to assess vasectomy practice and post-vasectomy opioid prescriptions using the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile database. We then performed a retrospective internal telephone survey of men who had undergone vasectomy by a single surgeon (MKS). This telephone survey queried men about opioid prescription filling, opioid use and ibuprofen use. We received 136 (4.5%) electronic survey responses. 51.5% of urologists routinely prescribed opioids for post-vasectomy analgesia, despite 50.4% having 'no idea' how many patients actually used these. On internal telephone survey, 52.6% of patients who used opioids reported using ibuprofen as their primary pain medication, versus 92.6% of patients who did not use opioids (p = .004). Ibuprofen use was associated with using fewer opioid tablets (p = .003). Using ≥1 opioid tab was associated with increased odds of not using ibuprofen as the primary pain medication (OR 11.2, 95% CI 2.39-83.0, p = .005). In conclusion, integration of practice guidelines may help standardise and minimise potentially unnecessary post-vasectomy opioid prescriptions.
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