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This study aims to characterize the administration and prescribing practices after emergency laparoscopic general surgery procedures with the goal of identifying areas for improvement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective chart review of 200 patients undergoing emergency laparoscopic appendectomies and cholecystectomies was conducted for a 2-year period at a single institution. Eligible patients were opioid-na\u00efve adults admitted through the emergency department. Opioid administration and discharge prescriptions were converted to oral morphine equivalents (OME), and analyzed and compared with published literature and local guidelines.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Opioid analgesia was provided as needed to 69% of patients in hospital with average dosing of 26.7 OME\/day; comparatively, 99.5% of patients received prescriptions for opioids on discharge at an average dosing of 61.7 OME\/day. The average dosing in the discharge prescriptions was not correlated with in-hospital needs (Pearson=\u22120.04; p=0.56); and higher narcotic doses were associated with combination opioid prescriptions compared with separate opioid prescriptions (73.8 (1.90) vs. 50.1 (1.90) OME\/day; p&lt;0.01). This difference was driven by the combination medication, Percocet.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the immediate postoperative period, most patients were managed in hospital with opioid analgesia dosages that fell within guidelines. 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