Pharmacotherapy of Pain in the Older Population: The Place of Opioids

Pain is a common symptom in older people. It is possible that pain is underreported in older persons due to an incorrect belief that it is an inevitable part of aging. Opioid analgesics are potent medications, with confirmed efficacy for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. These drugs are comm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2016-06, Vol.8, p.144-144
Hauptverfasser:	Prostran, Milica, Vujović, Katarina Savić, Vučković, Sonja, Medić, Branislava, Srebro, Dragana, Divac, Nevena, Stojanović, Radan, Vujović, Aleksandar, Jovanović, Lepa, Jotić, Ana, Cerovac, Nataša
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Aging Analgesics Bioethics Buprenorphine Cancer therapies Clinical trials Dementia Drug dosages Drug therapy Fentanyl Frailty Gender differences Geriatrics Joint surgery Morphine Narcotics Neuroscience Older people Opioids Otolaryngology Oxycodone Pain Patients Pharmacodynamics Pharmacokinetics Pharmacology Polypharmacy Population Quality of life Side effects Systematic review
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