Older adults over the age of 65 received less frequent pain assessments, and had lower pain scores and less variance in pain scores after a traumatic event compared to younger adults, a new study ...

Additionally, it suggests that identifying psychosocial phenotypes among older adults could help health care providers develop more personalized and effective pain management strategies. "In clinical ...

Acute pain management in the older adult is both challenging and rewarding. This review addresses the difficulty with assessment of pain in the older adult, variations in the pain experience of ...

A large-scale Australian study has found that older adults taking gabapentinoids — a common pain medication for nerve pain and epilepsy — face an increased risk of hip fracture, with especially high ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Gabapentinoids -- ...

Pain is the body's warning signal that something is wrong. Patients and physicians collaborate to identify and treat the ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

Dr. Barbara Krantz, medical director of Older Adults Program, Withdrawal Management and Chronic Pain for Caron Treatment Centers in Florida, said her practice has seen a "significant uptick" in ...

Osteoarthritis of the knee is a common and often painful condition affecting millions worldwide, especially older adults. As ...

A new study from Monash University in Australia has found that gabapentinoids—commonly used drugs for treating neuropathic ...