• Pain Med · Sep 2011

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    Improving the pharmacologic management of pain in older adults: identifying the research gaps and methods to address them.

    • M Cary Reid, David A Bennett, Wen G Chen, Basil A Eldadah, John T Farrar, Bruce Ferrell, Rollin M Gallagher, Joseph T Hanlon, Keela Herr, Susan D Horn, Charles E Inturrisi, Salma Lemtouni, Yu Woody Lin, Kaleb Michaud, R Sean Morrison, Tuhina Neogi, Linda L Porter, Daniel H Solomon, Von KorffMichaelM, Karen Weiss, James Witter, and Kevin L Zacharoff.
    • Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 39, New York, NY 10065, USA. mcr2004@med.cornell.edu
    • Pain Med. 2011 Sep 1; 12 (9): 1336-57.

    ObjectiveThere has been a growing recognition of the need for better pharmacologic management of chronic pain among older adults. To address this need, the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium sponsored an "Expert Panel Discussion on the Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults" conference in September 2010 to identify research gaps and strategies to address them. Specific emphasis was placed on ascertaining gaps regarding use of opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications because of continued uncertainties regarding their risks and benefits.DesignEighteen panel members provided oral presentations; each was followed by a multidisciplinary panel discussion. Meeting transcripts and panelists' slide presentations were reviewed to identify the gaps and the types of studies and research methods panelists suggested could best address them.ResultsFifteen gaps were identified in the areas of treatment (e.g., uncertainty regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of commonly prescribed analgesics), epidemiology (e.g., lack of knowledge regarding the course of common pain syndromes), and implementation (e.g., limited understanding of optimal strategies to translate evidence-based pain treatments into practice). Analyses of data from electronic health care databases, observational cohort studies, and ongoing cohort studies (augmented with pain and other relevant outcomes measures) were felt to be practical methods for building an age-appropriate evidence base to improve the pharmacologic management of pain in later life.ConclusionAddressing the gaps presented in the current report was judged by the panel to have substantial potential to improve the health and well-being of older adults with chronic pain.Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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