ArticleAJPM focus2024
Burden of Chronic and Heavy Opioid Use Among Elderly Community Dwellers in the U.S.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Pharmacotherapy · 2026Pooled it
- Responsible AI for safer opioid risk management in older adults.npj health systems · 2026Article
- Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis for Detection of Chronic Opioid Use Adverse Event Signals Using Administrative Claims Data.Pharmacotherapy · 2025Article
- Effect of prescribing and deprescribing oxycodone on pain and function in a mouse model of osteoarthritis: impact of polypharmacy and sex on response.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Psychotropic Medication Use in Older Adults in Australia: A Nationwide Data Linkage Study.Drugs & aging · 2025Article
- Association Between Gabapentinoid Use and Changes in Claims-Based Frailty Among Long-Term Opioid Users.Drugs & aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Opioid overprescribing may fuel the opioid epidemic and increase the risk of complications of opioid misuse. This study examined trends and determinants of chronic and heavy opioid use among elderly community dwellers in the U.S. Methods: Medicare Current Beneficiary Surveys data from 2006 to 2019 were used. Common opioid medications were identified in the prescription medication files ( Results: One in 6 elderly community dwellers ever used opioids during the study period. Chronic users were more likely to be women than men (68.9% vs 31.1%, Conclusions: Among elderly Medicare beneficiaries, opioid prescriptions have been decreasing since 2013. However, a substantial number of elderly people were chronic and heavy users, calling for better opioid management among them.
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