HealthDay (7/29, Preidt) reports research indicates that “lonely seniors are much more likely to take opioid” analgesics, “sedatives, anti-anxiety drugs and other medications,” thereby putting them “at increased risk for drug dependency, attention problems, falls, accidents and mental decline,” investigators concluded after surveying some “6,000 U.S. seniors (average age: 73).” The findings were published online July 26 in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Related Links:
— “Loneliness Raises Opioid Dangers in Seniors: Study “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, July 29, 2021