Pharmacological treatment of common pain conditions in older persons

This report evaluates the efficacy and risks of adverse events of commonly used pharmaceuticals for osteoarthritis, painful diabetic neuropathy and pain from vertebral compression fractures in older persons. It also evaluates the risk in older persons for acute renal failure and gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers with NSAIDs and opioids and the risk of fall. In addition, it evaluates experiences of care for older persons with pain. Finally, it identifies health-economic and ethical aspects and conducts a practice survey regarding drug prescription patterns in this area..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

September 2020

Erschienen:

Stockholm: Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) ; September 2020

Reihe:

SBU assessment - no. 315

Sprache:

Englisch

English summary of a complete report in Swedish: Läkemedelsbehandling av vanliga smärttillstånd hos äldre personer.

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [teilw. kostenfrei]

Themen:

Aged
Analgesics, Opioid
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Pain
Systematic Reviews as Topic
Treatment Outcome

Anmerkungen:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (viewed October 21, 2021)

Umfang:

1 online resource (1 PDF file (7 pages))

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1776328787