Palliative Care Medications

Follow the links below to find information about medications taken by patients in palliative care.

Created January 2009

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Title:   The dying patient
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Caring for patients right through to the end-of-life can be one of the most satisfying aspects of medicine. The support from their GP at this time is enormously valued by patients and their carers. As well as recognising and managing the terminal phase, GPs need to be aware of how to support families at this time.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Prescribing issues
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   GPs may encounter several commmon prescribing issues when managing palliative care patients in the community.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Important skills
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   There are a number of important skills that may be needed by GPs when managing patients in the community. Thers include ascitic and pleural taps, managing syringe drivers and pumps and reviewing medications in the deteriorating patient.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Opioids and pain
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Opioid analgesics are frequently needed by palliative care patients whose pain does not respond to simple analgesics, weak opioids, adequate doses of adjuvants, and other measures.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Second-line chemotherapy in advanced and metastatic CRC
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with metastatic or advanced colorectal cancer are often treated with chemotherapy. If the disease doesn't improve with a specific chemotherapy regimen, a different chemotherapy regimen may be tried, called second-line treatment, with the aim to...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Haloperidol for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We did not identify any randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to find out if haloperidol is a useful drug for the treatment of nausea or vomiting in palliative care patients. Nausea and vomiting are common problems for patients with serious life threateni...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Subsidised palliative care medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website contains a new consolidated list of palliative care medications.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Delirium
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Delirium is defined as a condition of disturbed consciousness, with reduced ability to focus, sustain or shift attention. Delirium is extremely common in palliative care patients.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Sleeping problems
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Sleeping problems (insomnia) are common in palliative care patients, and often have a significant impact on quality of life. The problems may be a combination of difficulty going to sleep, fragmented sleep, or early morning waking.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Constipation
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Constipation is common in palliative care patients. Chronic constipation is one of the most frequent side-effects of opioids. These pages provide information and evidence regarding constipation for heath professionals.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   PaCCSC
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) is a research group looking at improving the quality of care for patients through access, awareness and quality use of palliative care medicines in the community through clinical studies.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Breathing
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Breathing problems are a significant issue for many palliative care patients. These pages provide information and evidence regarding breathing problems for health professionals.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Drug therapy for pain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND), is the most common neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system in adults. Pain is a frequent symptom and may have a pronounced impact on quality of life and suffering. Des...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Medically assisted hydration for adult palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is common for palliative care patients to have reduced fluid intake during their illness. Management of this condition includes discussion with the patient, family and staff involved and may include the provision of fluids with medical assistance. Th...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Methadone for cancer pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pain is a common and debilitating symptom of cancer. Methadone is an opioid drug used to treat cancer pain, and can be given by mouth as liquid, tablet or capsule, via the rectum as a suppository, or injected into the vein, muscle or under the skin. Thi...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Ketamine as an adjuvant to opioids for cancer pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The benefits and harms of adding ketamine to strong pain-killers such as morphine for the relief of cancer pain are not yet established. Morphine-like drugs (opioids) are frequently prescribed for moderate and severe cancer pain, but in some cases these...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Doxorubicin-based chemotherapy for the palliative treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Doxorubicin is commonly used as palliative chemotherapy for patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (cancer of muscle/tendon/fat/blood vessel). This review was conducted to find out if combining doxorubicin with other drugs is more effe...
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Laxatives for the management of constipation in palliative care patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There remains insufficient randomised controlled trial data to determine the 'best' management of constipation in palliative care. Constipation is commonly experienced by palliative care patients as a result of the use of medications, such as opioids fo...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Palliative medications
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Medications may be needed to treat and / or prevent symptoms associated with the palliative diagnosis. These include problems such as pain, nausea and vomiting, depression, shortness of breath, and so on.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic carcinoma
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients with unresectable and metastatic pancreatic cancer are incurable and optimal palliation is the goal of therapy. If these patients have symptoms of biliary or duodenal obstruction they may benefit from palliative bypass procedures.
Date:   Apr 2005
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