Managing Chronic Pain in the Elderly: An Overview of the Recent Therapeutic Advancements

A majority of the elderly suffer from chronic pain that significantly alters their daily activities and imposes an enormous burden on health care. Multiple comorbidities and the risk of polypharmacy in the elderly make it a challenge to determine the appropriate drug, dosage, and maintenance of ther...

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Autores principales: Ali, Asad, Arif, Abdul Wahab, Bhan, Chandur, Kumar, Deepak, Malik, Muhammad Bilal, Sayyed, Zohaib, Akhtar, Khawaja Hassan, Ahmad, Malik Qistas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443463
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3293
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author Ali, Asad
Arif, Abdul Wahab
Bhan, Chandur
Kumar, Deepak
Malik, Muhammad Bilal
Sayyed, Zohaib
Akhtar, Khawaja Hassan
Ahmad, Malik Qistas
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Arif, Abdul Wahab
Bhan, Chandur
Kumar, Deepak
Malik, Muhammad Bilal
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description A majority of the elderly suffer from chronic pain that significantly alters their daily activities and imposes an enormous burden on health care. Multiple comorbidities and the risk of polypharmacy in the elderly make it a challenge to determine the appropriate drug, dosage, and maintenance of therapy. Opioids are the most commonly used agents for this purpose in the elderly. The aim of this article is to discuss both the current well-established therapies used for managing chronic pain in the elderly and also the emerging newer therapies.
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spelling pubmed-62356412018-11-15 Managing Chronic Pain in the Elderly: An Overview of the Recent Therapeutic Advancements Ali, Asad Arif, Abdul Wahab Bhan, Chandur Kumar, Deepak Malik, Muhammad Bilal Sayyed, Zohaib Akhtar, Khawaja Hassan Ahmad, Malik Qistas Cureus Internal Medicine A majority of the elderly suffer from chronic pain that significantly alters their daily activities and imposes an enormous burden on health care. Multiple comorbidities and the risk of polypharmacy in the elderly make it a challenge to determine the appropriate drug, dosage, and maintenance of therapy. Opioids are the most commonly used agents for this purpose in the elderly. The aim of this article is to discuss both the current well-established therapies used for managing chronic pain in the elderly and also the emerging newer therapies. Cureus 2018-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6235641/ /pubmed/30443463 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3293 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ali et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ahmad, Malik Qistas
Managing Chronic Pain in the Elderly: An Overview of the Recent Therapeutic Advancements
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