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Opioids, antiepileptic and anticholinergic drugs and the risk of fractures in patients 65 years of age and older: a prospective population-based study



Authors: Nurminen J, Puustinen J, Piirtola M, Vahlberg T, Lyles A, Kivela SL

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Publication year: 2013

Journal:: Age and Ageing

Journal name in source: AGE AND AGEING

Journal acronym: AGE AGEING

Number in series: 3

Volume: 42

Issue: 3

First page : 318

Last page: 324

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0002-0729

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs178


Abstract
Conclusion: the concomitant use of an opioid with an antipsychotic, or with a benzodiazepine may increase the risk of fractures in men aged 65 years and older.



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