Analgesic and concurrent medication use amongst elderly Irish adults

• In: D5 - Pharmacy Practice Research: Assessing the evidence and research needs of integrated care for complex patients on Thursday, 5 September 2013, 14:00-17:00
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Presentations + Posters
• By: HENMAN, Martin (Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
• Co-author(s): Kennedy, M.C. (Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
  Cousins, G. (RCSI, Dublin, Ireland)
  Mortellini, N. (RCSI, Dublin, Ireland)
  Kenny, R.A. (TILDA, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
  
• Abstract:

  Background
  
  Pain is an unpleasant sensory experience of nociceptive, neuropathic, central or psychogenic origin and affects 25-50% of community-dwelling elderly. Pharmacological treatment may use combinations of analgesics, concurrent adjuvants and other drugs.
  
  Aim
  
  To evaluate the interrelationships between demographic and clinical features of a ..

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