Reduced Opioid Prescription After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Given the nationwide epidemic of opioid use and abuse (in part due to over prescription), this study aims at addressing the need for opioid prescription after laparoscopic hysterectomy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Ibuprofen; Oxycodone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over the age of 18 undergoing outpatient laparoscopic (conventional or robotic) hysterectomy for benign indications

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or other contraindication to the prescribed medications such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or oxycodone

• Known opioid use or abuse (defined as reported use or treatment for abuse within the last 3 months)

• Chronic pain patients

• Conversion to laparotomy

• Overnight admissions

• Malignancy as the indication for surgery