Sarcouncil Journal of Medicine and Surgery

Abstract: This study aims to know the Investigation of the use of opioids in bariatric surgery, which was conducted in different hospitals in Iraq, where a cross-sectional study was conducted on a certain number of patients who underwent bariatric surgery, where 200 patients were collected and distributed into three groups. The first group the year before bariatric surgery, which included 100 patients, and the second group had some opioid use. This included 50 patients, and in the third group (Chronic), which also included 50 patients in this cohort of patients who underwent bariatric surgery, there was greater chronic use of opioids after surgery compared with before. In general, opioids are essential for pain control after surgery due to their potent effect. But its side effects can be significant and include nausea, vomiting, constipation, urinary retention, drowsiness, impaired ability to think, and impaired respiratory function.