March 26 (UPI) -- Opioid analgesics helped doctors reduce the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines to treat with Alzheimer's disease, researcher report in a new study from Finland.
The two types of drugs' behavioral and psychiatric can ease symptoms of dementia but could also make other symptoms worse, including pain -- and long-term use is not recommended. Opioid analgesics includes natural ones, such as morphine and codeine, and synthetic ones, including methadone and fentanyl.