Intrathecal opioids: equally efficacious at any age.

CONCLUSION: Our data hint at a consistent efficacy of intrathecal opioid therapy in elderly patients even after long-term treatment. Side effects of the treatment are relatively frequent but mild and no side effects were particularly frequent in elderly people. PMID: 31828669 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research