Prescription analgesic overuse in older adults: Can we mitigate this growing problem?

analgesics overuse prescriptions

Journal

Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))
ISSN: 2475-0360
Titre abrégé: Aging Med (Milton)
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101741954

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Historique:
received: 22 07 2022
revised: 17 10 2022
accepted: 18 10 2022
entrez: 6 1 2023
pubmed: 7 1 2023
medline: 7 1 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

With older adults already on numerous prescription medications to manage their chronic conditions, the addition of pain medications could impose an even greater burden due to dependency issues. We need to understand the use of chronic pain medication, especially opioids, discuss current strategies and gaps, and offer potential solutions to mitigate overuse among older adults.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36606265
doi: 10.1002/agm2.12228
pii: AGM212228
pmc: PMC9805287
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

294-296

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Aging Medicine published by Beijing Hospital and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

This work was not supported by any source. Dr. Balkrishnan is a consultant for Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. None of the other authors have any conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Auteurs

Sara Kakatkar (S)

Department of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.

Aditya Narayan (A)

Department of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.

Rajesh Balkrishnan (R)

Department of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.

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