Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarian
Elderly natural opiate users are often forced to seek treatment when they cannot avail opioids. We present here a case of a 98-year-old male who came to us with six decades of natural opiate use in the form of raw opium and poppy husk. The patient was managed symptomatically with tramadol and diazep...
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| description | Elderly natural opiate users are often forced to seek treatment when they cannot avail opioids. We present here a case of a 98-year-old male who came to us with six decades of natural opiate use in the form of raw opium and poppy husk. The patient was managed symptomatically with tramadol and diazepam for about 6 months. The case highlights the long duration of natural opiate use for nearly six decades, its impact and outcome in terms of psychosocial functioning, and the successful management of elderly patients with natural opiate use in outpatient settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2669716ce99f471f93be67c8a837bd5f2022-12-21T22:05:51ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Geriatric Mental Health2348-99952395-33222020-01-017211111210.4103/jgmh.jgmh_29_20Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarianSaumya MishraSiddharth SarkarElderly natural opiate users are often forced to seek treatment when they cannot avail opioids. We present here a case of a 98-year-old male who came to us with six decades of natural opiate use in the form of raw opium and poppy husk. The patient was managed symptomatically with tramadol and diazepam for about 6 months. The case highlights the long duration of natural opiate use for nearly six decades, its impact and outcome in terms of psychosocial functioning, and the successful management of elderly patients with natural opiate use in outpatient settings.http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2020;volume=7;issue=2;spage=111;epage=112;aulast=Mishraelderlynatural opioidsoutpatienttramadol |
| spellingShingle | Saumya Mishra Siddharth Sarkar Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarian Journal of Geriatric Mental Health elderly natural opioids outpatient tramadol |
| title | Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarian |
| title_full | Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarian |
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| title_short | Six decades of natural opiate use in a nonagenarian |
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| topic | elderly natural opioids outpatient tramadol |
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