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Hoda Fahmy: University of Auckland Lead Researcher on the significant percentage of persistent opioid use in older people and patients

Published: March 17, 2024, 8:24 p.m.

New research from the University of Auckland has found there has been an increase of opioid use in older people and patients after surgery.\xa0

Health records for more than 800,000 people over 65 show from 2007 to 2018, there has been an increase in prescriptions. Records show a rate of persistent use of people still using opioids 90 days after surgery\xa0at 9.1%.\xa0

Lead Researcher Hoda Fahmy tells Mike Hosking the rate of persistent use is a significant percentage and that not all patients on opioids may need them. \xa0

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