Word: pelvic
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...while the risk of opioid addiction in the elderly is low, there are other cautions. A study published in January by Von Korff and colleagues linked high-dose opioid use to a doubling of the risk of broken bones in the elderly. "One-third of these were hip and pelvic fractures," Von Korff says. "These can really be debilitating." The authors speculate that the patients may have been prone to falls caused by dizziness or sedation, side effects of drug treatment that tend to occur early in a new drug regimen or when dosage changes...