Physician characteristics associated with opioid prescribing after same-day breast surgery in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study
Merchant S, Shellenberger J, Sawhney M, La J, Brogly S. Ann Surg. 2023; 4(4):e365. Epub 2023 Dec 4.
Elderly patients are at greater risk for adverse drug effects than younger people. Because most adverse effects are related to dose, conventional wisdom holds that drug therapy should be initiated at low doses. However, clinicians face several challenges when prescribing low-dose therapy for their older patients. This article presents three clinical scenarios to illustrate some of these challenges.
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