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SM Addiction Research and Therapy

Ketamine Cystitis: A Case Report

[ ISSN : 3068-0883 ]

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Received: 08-Aug-2017

Accepted: 01-Sep-2017

Published: 13-Dec-1901

Case Report | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Salsitz A Edwin*, Spriggs Sharron and Friedman Trevor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine, USA

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Salsitz A Edwin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 9 Nathan D Pearlman Place, New York 10003, USA, Tel: 212-420-4400; Fax: 212-420-2469

Abstract

Ketamine misuse is the most common illicit drug used in Singapore, Hong Kong and areas of China and Taiwan. A Chinese American male presented to our inpatient rehabilitation unit with genital urinary complaints, of hematuria, dysuria and frequency. He had been misusing ketamine for many years and had similar complaints in the past. Healthcare providers should be aware that ketamine user disorder may present primarily with genital urinary complaints. Cessation of ketamine use is of upmost importance since chronic irreversible fibrosis of the genital urinary tract may occur with continued misuse.

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Edwin SA, Sharron S and Trevor F. Ketamine Cystitis: A Case Report. SM Addict Res Ther. 2017; 1(1): 1002.