Prevalence and Factors Associated with Analgesic Prescribing in Poly-Medicated Elderly Patients.

Aymen Ali Al-QurainLemlem G GebremichaelMuhammad Suleman KhanDesmond B WilliamsLorraine MackenzieCraig PhillipsPatrick RussellMichael S RobertsMichael D Wiese

Published in: Drugs & aging (2020)

In our cohort of poly-medicated elderly patients, prescription of analgesic medications was common, and these patients are likely to have an increased rate of adverse drug reactions and falls compared with those who were not prescribed analgesic medications.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
end stage renal disease
neuropathic pain
anti inflammatory
ejection fraction
primary care
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
drug induced