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Prescription Opioids and Brain Structure in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, ISSN: 0025-6196, Vol: 99, Issue: 5, Page: 716-726
2024
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Reports Summarize Prescription Opioids Study Results from Mayo Clinic (Prescription Opioids and Brain Structure In Community-dwelling Older Adults)

2024 JUL 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Imaging Daily News -- Current study results on Opioids - Prescription Opioids

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To evaluate the associations between prescription opioid exposures in community-dwelling older adults and gray and white matter structure by magnetic resonance imaging. Secondary analysis was conducted of a prospective, longitudinal population-based cohort study employing cross-sectional imaging of older adult (≥65 years) enrollees between November 1, 2004, and December 31, 2017. Gray matter outcomes included cortical thickness in 41 structures and subcortical volumes in 6 structures. White matter outcomes included fractional anisotropy in 40 tracts and global white matter hyperintensity volumes. The primary exposure was prescription opioid availability expressed as the per-year rate of opioid days preceding magnetic resonance imaging, with a secondary exposure of per-year total morphine milligram equivalents (MME). Multivariable models assessed associations between opioid exposures and brain structures. The study included 2185 participants; median (interquartile range) age was 80 (75 to 85) years, 47% were women, and 1246 (57%) received opioids. No significant associations were found between opioids and gray matter. Increased opioid days and MME were associated with decreased white matter fractional anisotropy in 15 (38%) and 16 (40%) regions, respectively, including the corpus callosum, posterior thalamic radiation, and anterior limb of the internal capsule, among others. Opioid days and MME were also associated with greater white matter hyperintensity volume (1.02 [95% CI, 1.002 to 1.036; P =.029] and 1.01 [1.001 to 1.024; P =.032] increase in the geometric mean, respectively). The duration and dose of prescription opioids were associated with decreased white matter integrity but not with gray matter structure. Future studies with longitudinal imaging and clinical correlation are warranted to further evaluate these relationships.

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Warner, Nafisseh S; Hanson, Andrew C; Schulte, Phillip J; Kara, Firat; Reid, Robert I; Schwarz, Christopher G; Benarroch, Eduardo E; Graff-Radford, Jonathan; Vemuri, Prashanthi; Jack, Clifford R; Petersen, Ronald C; Warner, David O; Mielke, Michelle M; Kantarci, Kejal

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