The Critical Role of Pharmacists in Treating Older People in the Opioid Crisis.
Sr Care Pharm
; 38(2): 47-49, 2023 Feb 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2236883
ABSTRACT
Pharmacy-based Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment has been identified as a central pillar in curbing the spiraling opioid epidemic that claimed more than 100,000 lives in the United States in a one year period for the first time. This epidemic is also partially responsible for the plummeting US life expectancy that began prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and has now claimed more than 500,000 lives since 1999 with more than 70% of the 70,630 overdose deaths in 2019 involved with an opioid. Older people are at increased risk of both OUD and OUD-related complications. Recent studies have demonstrated that people older than 65 years of age were more likely to die of OUD-related complications, and - because of an increased likelihood of polypharmacy - are more likely to experience a drug interaction that magnifies the risk of an opioid-related misadventure.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Opioid-Related Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Sr Care Pharm
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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