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2022 Aug 19


ESC Heart Fail

Prescribed opioid use is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in community-dwelling older persons.

Authors

Liew SM, Chowdhury EK, Ernst ME, Gilmartin-Thomas J, Reid CM, Tonkin A, Neumann J, McNeil JJ, Kaye DM
ESC Heart Fail. 2022 Aug 19.
PMID: 35985663.

Abstract

Prescribed opioids are commonly used in the older community-dwelling population for the treatment of chronic pain. Although the harmful effects of opioid abuse and overdose are well understood, little is known about the long-term cardiovascular (CV) effects of prescribed opioids. The aim of this study was to investigate the CV effects associated with prescribed opioid use.