Association of regular opioid use with incident dementia and neuroimaging markers of brain health in chronic pain patients: analysis of UK Biobank

Opioid analgesics have proven essential for relieving acute pain, cancer-related pain, and in palliative care inverventions.1 Over the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the prescription of opioids for various chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) conditions.2,3 This has become worrisome, especially given the limited evidence regarding the efficacy of opioids over non-opioid analgesics for CNCP4 and the potential cognitive detriments associated with their use.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Regular Research Article Source Type: research