While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medication driven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care. Prescribing in palliative care can be extremely complex because the patient may often have comorbidity, or occasionally multimorbidity. The associated polypharmacy further complicates the pharmacological management of symptoms being caused by the palliative condition. This can be daunting for healthcare professionals and can negatively impact upon the effectiveness of care provided.
Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Drugs in Palliative Care provides an accessible and succinct overview of the main drugs that are encountered in palliative care clinical practice. The text begins by providing a clinical pharmacology overview and prescribing guidance, then contains over 160 monographs of palliative care drugs, in an easy to access A-Z format.
Author(s): Andrew Dickman
Edition: 3
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 743
City: Oxford
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Detailed contents
Symbols and abbreviations
1 Clinical pharmacology overview
Introduction
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Opioid pharmacology
Pharmacogenetics
Hepatic impairment
Renal impairment
Drug interactions
Serotonin toxicity
2 Prescribing guidance
Unlicensed use of medicines
Legal categories of medicines
Travelling abroad with medicines
Drugs and driving
Managing pain
Selection of an NSAID
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia and tolerance
Breakthrough cancer pain
Equianalgesia and opioid switch
Neuropathic pain
Managing nausea and vomiting
Management of constipation in advanced cancer
QT interval
Polypharmacy and deprescribing
Discontinuing and/or switching antidepressants
Diabetes in palliative care
Care of the dying patient
3 Monographs A–Z
Monographs
Alfentanil
Allopurinol
Amitriptyline
Anastrozole
Antacid and oxetacaine
Apixaban
Aprepitant
Baclofen
Benzydamine
Bethanechol
Bicalutamide
Bisacodyl
Buprenorphine
Calcitonin (salcatonin or salmon calcitonin)
Cannabidiol (CBD)
Cannabis extract
Carbamazepine
Carbocisteine
Celecoxib
Citalopram
Clonazepam
Co-danthramer
Codeine
Cyclizine
Cyproheptadine
Cyproterone
Dalteparin
Demeclocycline
Denosumab
Dexamethasone
Diamorphine
Diazepam
Diclofenac
Dihydrocodeine
Docusate sodium
Domperidone
Donepezil
Duloxetine
Edoxaban
Enoxaparin
Enzalutamide
Escitalopram
Esomeprazole
Etoricoxib
Exemestane
Famotidine
Fentanyl (transdermal/parenteral)
Fentanyl (transmucosal)
Finasteride
Fluconazole
Flumazenil
Fluoxetine
Flutamide
Furosemide
Gabapentin
Gliclazide
Glimepiride
Glipizide
Glyceryl trinitrate
Glycopyrronium bromide
Granisetron
Haloperidol
Hydromorphone
Hyoscine butylbromide
Hyoscine hydrobromide
Ibandronic acid (ibandronate)
Ibuprofen
Insulin
Itraconazole
Ketamine
Ketorolac
Lactulose
Lansoprazole
Letrozole
Levetiracetam
Levomepromazine
Lidocaine (infusion)
Lidocaine (topical)
Loperamide
Lorazepam
Macrogol 3350
Magnesium aspartate dihydrate
Magnesium hydroxide
Magnesium sulfate
Medroxyprogesterone
Megestrol
Metformin
Methadone
Methylnaltrexone
Methylphenidate
Metoclopramide
Miconazole (oral gel)
Midazolam
Mirtazapine
Modafinil
Morphine
Nabilone
Nabumetone
Naldemedine
Naloxegol
Naloxone
Naproxen
Nefopam
Nifedipine
Nizatidine
Nortriptyline
Nystatin
Octreotide
Olanzapine
Omeprazole
Ondansetron
Oxybutynin
Oxycodone
Pamidronate disodium
Pantoprazole
Paracetamol
Parecoxib
Paroxetine
Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
Pramipexole
Prednisolone
Pregabalin
Pridinol
Prochlorperazine
Promethazine
Propantheline
Propranolol
Quetiapine
Rabeprazole
Ranitidine
Risperidone
Rivaroxaban
Rivastigmine
Ropinirole
Rotigotine
Senna (sennosides)
Sertraline
Sodium valproate
Spironolactone
Sucralfate
Tamoxifen
Tapentadol
Temazepam
Thalidomide
Theophylline
Tinzaparin
Tolterodine
Tramadol
Tranexamic acid
Trazodone
Venlafaxine
Warfarin
Zoledronic acid
Zolpidem
Zopiclone
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