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

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Pain is common in older patients and management guidelines rarely consider the effect of multiple comorbidities and concurrent medications on analgesic selection.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Drugs Aging

Title: Drugs & aging

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1179-1969

ISSN (Print): 1170-229X

Publication date (Electronic): April 2020

Volume: 37

Issue: 4

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[1 ] School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

[2 ] Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Research, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia.

[3 ] Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[4 ] School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

[5 ] Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.

[6 ] Therapeutics Research Centre, Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

[7 ] School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. michael.wiese@unisa.edu.au.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s40266-019-00742-0

DOI: 10.1007/s40266-019-00742-0

PubMed ID: 32016823

SO-VID: ed87cfd7-7e0e-43d4-b163-61c5b8d63b97

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