Psychiatric News (6/3) reported, “Patients between 75 and 80 years old who take opioids have an increased risk of dementia,” researchers concluded after examining “data from 91,307 older people in an Israeli HMO.” The findings were published online May 31 ahead of print in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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— “Opioids Linked to Increased Dementia Risk in Patients Older Than 75, Psychiatric News , June 3, 2022