Quality of opioid prescribing in older adults with or without Alzheimer disease and related dementia
Abstract Background Pain is common among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), and use of opioids has been increasing over the last decade. Yet, it is unclear to what extent opioids are appropriately prescribed for patients with ADRD and whether the appropriateness of op...
Main Authors: | Yu-Jung Jenny Wei, Siegfried Schmidt, Cheng Chen, Roger B. Fillingim, M. Carrington Reid, Steven DeKosky, Laurence Solberg, Marco Pahor, Babette Brumback, Almut G. Winterstein |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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Series: | Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-021-00818-3 |
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