Use of prescription pain medicines is significantly different between people with and without Alzheimer's disease
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Approximately one third of people with Alzheimer’s disease use prescription medicines for pain after their diagnosis, reports a recent study. The use of analgesics was as common among persons with Alzheimer’s disease as it was among those of the same age without the disease, but there were significant differences in the types of medicines used.
