People over 65 with dementia were four times more likely to die within the first six months after starting to take an opioid for pain, a new study says
People over 65 with dementia were four times more likely to die within the first six months after starting to take an opioid for pain, and six times more likely to die If the opioid was a strong one, such as morphine, oxycodone or fentanyl, according to a new study.
Over 33% of the group who started an opioid died within the 180-day period, compared to only 6.4% of those with dementia who were not on pain killers, the study found. Strong opioids raised the risk of death six-fold and rose even higher if a transdermal fentanyl patch was used, according to the study. If people were prescribed transdermal fentanyl as their first prescription, the death rate rose to 65.3% within the first 180 days — an eightfold greater risk of dying.
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