{"pk":35495,"title":"Ketamine-associated Cystitis: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Ketamine in subanesthetic doses became popular as a recreational drug for its strong, quickly achievable antidepressant effect and short-acting, well-tolerated psychotomimetic (hallucinogenic and dissociative) effect. Numerous cases of genitourinary system dysfunction associated with ketamine use have been reported. We describe a case of ketamine-use-related symptoms of genitourinary system dysfunction in a 23-year-old man who was found to have acute cystitis and a history of using ketamine. We also discuss the epidemiology, the clinical presentation, and some aspects of treatment of ketamine-associated urinary tract dysfunction. In patients with lower urinary tract symptoms of uropathy and a history of ketamine use, the possibility of ketamine-induced uropathy should be included in the differential diagnosis. Further studies are necessary to help delineate guidelines for both diagnosis and management of ketamine-induced lower urinary tract dysfunction.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"ketamine"},{"word":"urinary"},{"word":"cystitis"},{"word":"bladder"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7d6757bh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Iris","middle_name":"E","last_name":"Chen","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Katrina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Beckett","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Simin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Bahrami","name_suffix":"","institution":"David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-01-10T04:25:51Z","date_accepted":"2020-01-10T04:25:51Z","date_published":"2021-07-10T03:24:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucla_rsp/article/35495/galley/26423/download/"}]}