Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.

Roosa-Emilia Virnes; Miia Tiihonen; Niina Karttunen; Eveline P van Poelgeest; Natalie van der Velde; Sirpa Hartikainen

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Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.

May 25, 2022

Virnes R-E, Tiihonen M, Karttunen N, et al. Drugs Aging. 2022;39(3):199-207.

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Preventing falls is an ongoing patient safety priority. This article summarizes the relationship between prescription opioids and risk of falls among older adults, and provides recommendations around opioid prescribing and deprescribing.

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