Outcomes associated with opioid use in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2011
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This review concluded that in older adults with chronic non-cancer pain, short-term opioid use was associated with significant pain reduction and better physical functioning but poorer mental health functioning. The long-term safety, efficacy and abuse potential of opioid use in diverse elderly patient groups remained undetermined. The authors’ cautious conclusions were appropriate in view of limitations in the evidence.
Epistemonikos ID: 8163fdf6e20c00b30c8275be0ed2a851eeb201e7
First added on: Jun 07, 2012