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- Title
Opioid treatment for agitation in patients with advanced dementia.
- Authors
Manfredi, Paolo L; Breuer, Brenda; Wallenstein, Sylvan; Stegmann, Marian; Bottomley, Gail; Libow, Leslie
- Abstract
Some patients with advanced dementia cannot convey the experience of pain verbally and may react to pain with aggressive and agitated behaviors. We hypothesized that unrecognized pain could contribute to agitation and that low dose opioid therapy might reduce agitation by reducing pain. We therefore attempted to determine the effect of opioids on agitation in demented patients.
- Publication
International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 8, p700
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/gps.906