Martin Caren McHenry
A clinical pharmacist with Medication Management, LLC, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Consult Pharm. 2018 Sep 1;33(9):478-483. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2018.478.
Prescriptions for opioids and opioid-related overdoses have been on the rise-and in the news-in the United States for more than a decade. New guidelines and legislation related to opioid prescribing provide clinical challenges for many pharmacists and prescribers, particularly in the treatment of older adults with chronic pain. Careful patient selection, along with proper opioid dosing and monitoring, enables the pharmacist and prescriber to continue to treat the older adult with pain effectively.
十多年来，美国阿片类药物的处方以及与阿片类药物相关的过量用药情况一直在增加且不断成为新闻报道的内容。与阿片类药物处方相关的新指南和立法给许多药剂师和开处方者带来了临床挑战，尤其是在治疗患有慢性疼痛的老年人时。谨慎选择患者，同时进行适当的阿片类药物剂量调整和监测，能使药剂师和开处方者继续有效地治疗老年疼痛患者。
