Managed Healthcare Executive (10/7, Lutton) reports, “Older adults living with HIV are prescribed opioids at a higher rate and are more likely to develop opioid use disorder when compared with the general population, according to” research. Investigators “analyzed prescription and medical records of more than 650,000 Medicare beneficiaries with Part D coverage between 2008 and 2021.” The researchers “found that more than 1 in 3 (35%) of older adults with HIV received at least one opioid prescription per year during this time, while 28% of older adults without HIV received at least one opioid prescription per year.” Meanwhile, “5% of people with HIV received overlapping opioid prescriptions for more than 7 consecutive days, while only 4% of people without HIV did.” Additionally, “people living with HIV were…more likely to receive prescriptions greater than 120 mg (3%) than people without HIV (2%).” The findings were published in The Lancet Primary Care (SOURCE: APA Headlnes)