Characteristics of Older Adults Receiving Opioids in Primary Care: Treatment Duration and Outcomes

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1063-1071

  Reid, M Carrington ^a   Henderson Jr, Charles R ^b   Papaleontiou, Maria ^c   Amanfo, Leslie ^a   Olkhovskaya, Yelena ^a   Moore, Alison A ^d   Parikh, Sagar S ^c   Turner, Barbara J ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse Misuse; Chronic Non Cancer Pain; Efficacy; Elderly; Opioid Analgesics; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROMORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955141970     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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