Older Adult-Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases is Associated With Higher Utilization of Analgesics: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Rahul S Dalal Bente Mertz Nørgård Floor Dijkstra Zegers Jens KjeldsenSonia FriedmanJessica R AllegrettiKen Lund

Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2023)

In this nationwide cohort, older adults most commonly received analgesic prescriptions within 1 year after IBD diagnosis. Additional research is needed to examine the etiology and sequelae of increased analgesic prescribing to this demographic.

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