PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marissa Galicia-Castillo
TI  - Opioids for persistent pain in older adults
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15023
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 443--451
VI  - 83
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/6/443.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/6/443.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Jun 01; 83
AB  - Older adults compose a large portion of patients with persistent pain. Opioid analgesics are widely used to treat acute and persistent pain in cancer and end-of-life care, but their use in other types of persistent pain in older adults is controversial. Clinicians and regulators must work together, balancing the legitimate medical need for opioids while acknowledging increasing opioid misuse and morbidity and mortality related to opioids.