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Geriatric pain management, pharmacological and nonpharmacological considerations

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Summary:Persistent pain is prevalent in the elderly population, although it is not an inevitable part of aging. It is important to understand how to manage pain effectively in old age, particularly because an increasing number of individuals are becoming older, or living longer. Several problems, less common in younger adults, may complicate the treatment of pain. An accurate pain assessment is required for the most efficient strategy of pain treatment. Challenges to an effective pain assessment include: pain underreporting by patients, atypical manifestations of pain in elderly, age-associated pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic changes to specific drugs, other general age-related changes, and misconceptions about tolerance or addiction to opioids. However, physicians are able to provide geriatric patients with appropriate analgesia by using comprehensive assessment involving a multidisciplinary approach, and the appropriate use of various treatment modalities.
Main Authors:Kaye,Alan David
Other Authors:Baluch,Amir R.; Kaye,Rachel J.; Niaz,Rashid S.; Kaye,Aaron J.; Liu,Henry; Fox,Charles J.
Subject:geriatric pain management pain assessment pain threshold geriatric pharmacokinetics
Year:2014
Country:Brazil
Document type:article
Access type:open access
Associated institution:IBICT
Language:English
Origin:Oasisbr

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