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Opioid treatment for agitation in patients with advanced dementia

DOI

90

Citations

22

References

2003

Year

Paolo L. Manfredi, Brenda Breuer, Sylvan Wallenstein, Marian Stegmann, Gail Bottomley, Leslie S. Libow
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Abstract

Low dose, long-acting opioids can lessen agitation that is difficult to control in very old (> or =85) patients with advanced dementia.

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