Geriatric opioid use disorder

Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women

Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women FDA-Approved Drug, One Off-Label Drug, and One Non-pharmacological Intervention The gold standard treatment of opioid use among older adults is the use of methadone. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the methadone drug as an effective treatment (Rosic et al., 2017). Studies indicate that the drug is […]