“Start Low, Go Slow” Pain Management in Older Adults

AI-PAMI Health Care Provider Presentation: “Start Low, Go Slow” Pain Management in Older Adults, presented by Fareeha Khan, MD, MPH, assistant professor and geriatric medicine family practitioner at UF Health Jacksonville. Dr. Khan provides a breakdown of the types of pain and an overview of pharmacological changes with aging to consider when medically managing pain in older populations. She then provides a recap of the Beers Criteria.

Table of Contents

• Types of pain syndromes
• Pain management in older adults
• Beers criteria

Resources:

• Beers Criteria
• WHO analgesic ladder
• Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons
• Considerations for the Appropriate Use of Skeletal Muscle Relaxants for the Management Of Acute Low Back Pain