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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Geriatr Med. 2016 Nov;32(4):705–724. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.06.007

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FOR PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN IN OLDER ADULTS

Resource Content Origin Last Updated
American College of
 Rheumatology (ACR)		 Practice guidelines for the
 treatment of osteoarthritis
 (hand, hip, and knee)		 USA 2012
American Geriatrics Society
 (AGS)		 Practice guideline for
 pharmacologic
 management of chronic
 pain		 USA 2009
National Institute for Health
 and Care Excellence (NICE)		 Guidance on the
 management of chronic
 pain		 UK 2013
American Geriatrics Society
 Beers Criteria for
 Potentially Inappropriate
 Prescribing in Older Adults		 Evidence-based consensus
 guidelines on potentially
 inappropriate medication
 use in older adults,
 including analgesics		 USA 2015
Osteoarthritis Research
 Society International
 (OARSI) Guidelines		 Guidelines for the
 management of hip and
 knee osteoarthritis		 Global 2014 (knee); 2010
 (hip and knee)