TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Recent opioid use associated with increased risk of falls in older people
JO  - Drug and therapeutics bulletin
SP  - 74
EP  - 74
VL  - 56
IS  - 7
N2  - <p>A retrospective cohort study based on registry data from older patients admitted to hospital for injury found that recent opioid use was associated with an increased risk of a fall.1 Patients who had received a recent prescription (in the 2 weeks before the injury) for opioid drugs were more likely to have been admitted for a fall than for any other type of injury.    The study included all patients aged 65 years and older who were admitted to hospital (for more than 2 days) for injury in 57 trauma centres …</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0012-6543
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2018.7.0638
ID  - ref1
ER  -