Senior citizens have an opioid addiction problem and, like any other, it’s not a pretty sight.

According to a report from the Office of Inspector General, 30 percent of our country’s 55 million Medicare patients are taking at least one commonly abused opioid.

The report found an “astounding” number of opioids prescribed to the elderly.

Micah Sobota, a clinical pharmacist at Coleman Behavioral Health in Ohio, is one of many clinicians wrestling with opioid-related challenges in seniors.

Whether it’s aging physiology that renders them more sensitive to the medications, or outright dependence, these patients present unique management challenges, said Sobota at the annual meeting of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).

How did this happen?

Dr. Courtney Wilson, interviewed in Pain Medicine News, said many of her patients started taking opioids a decade or more ago when there were fewer concerns about addiction. Where she practices in Asheville, North Carolina, nearly 58 percent of the.............http://hightimes.com/news/geriatric-opioid-use-the-silent-addiction-problem/

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