Pain Management

Adding serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) to short-acting opioids for nonmalignant pain in nursing home residents doesn’t seem to boost their risk for delirium compared with giving...

Older adults who take opioids after being diagnosed with dementia have a higher risk for dying — and that risk is 11 times higher during the first two weeks after starting the drugs. This is according...

In a new review of clinical trials, physician specialists recommend their top picks for treating musculoskeletal pain in older adults, and a multicomponent approach.

There was little to no evidence that tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline were effective in this meta-analysis. Yet drugs in this class are among those most commonly used to treat pain, the...

Corticosteroid injections may speed arthritis progression when used to relieve arthritic knee pain. In contrast, hyaluronic acid injections may be protective, investigators say.

Seniors with persistent pain had reduced physical function and well-being when compared to their peers without pain. Multiple pain sites were the norm.

Clinicians appear to be relying on antiepileptics to address residents’ chronic pain and behavioral symptoms. Other drug prescriptions are meanwhile declining, MDS and Medicare data show.

A notable proportion of seniors rely on prescription drugs to manage their arthritis pain, but haven’t discussed the health risks with their clinicians, researchers report.

Investigators examined the evidence for a wide range of potential drug therapies for pain and have published detailed recommendations.

Certain nondrug therapies rank nearly as high as painkillers for effectively addressing chronic pain in nursing home residents, according to a new study.