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ArticleAging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))2022

Prescription analgesic overuse in older adults: Can we mitigate this growing problem?

Sara Kakatkar, Aditya Narayan, Rajesh Balkrishnan

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Article in Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara KakatkarDepartment of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.
Aditya NarayanDepartment of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.
Rajesh BalkrishnanDepartment of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-9257
University of Virginia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With older adults already on numerous prescription medications to manage their chronic conditions, the addition of pain medications could impose an even greater burden due to dependency issues. We need to understand the use of chronic pain medication, especially opioids, discuss current strategies and gaps, and offer potential solutions to mitigate overuse among older adults.

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analgesicsoveruseprescriptions

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PMID36606265
PMCPMC9805287
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