Off|label prescribing in palliative care

Off-label use in adult palliative care – more common than expected ...

Most off-label uses concerned indication (57%) followed by mode of administration. In drugs highly relevant to palliative care the rate of off- ...

Off-label Medication Use in the Inpatient Palliative Care Unit - PMC

Although off-label medications are frequently prescribed in palliative care, there are no published studies examining their use in the ...

Off-label drugs in palliative care: a Group Delphi treatment ...

The aim of this study was to develop a guide for preparing and consenting drug-specific recommendations for off-label use in palliative care.

Off-label use in Palliative Care – more common than expected. A ...

This single-unit data confirms the high prevalence of off-label use in palliative medicine and demonstrates that off-label use in palliative care is very ...

Off-Label Prescriptions In Palliative Care Patients At Home Care Unit

Ten medications affecting 7 patients were off-label due to the lack of SmPC. The prophylaxis of ulcer by proton pump inhibitors and the palliative care in ...

Subcutaneous Drugs and Off-label Use in Hospice and Palliative Care

This work provides an overview of current evidence on subcutaneous and off-label used drugs in hospice and palliative care.

150 Off-label prescribing recommendations by a hospital palliative ...

Background It is well recognised that the off-label prescribing of medications is an essential part of practice in palliative care. 'Off-label' generally ...

Off-label prescribing in palliative care - CiteSeerX

developments: specialist pain and palliative care society. Off-label prescribing in palliative care: A survey of independent prescribers. Joseph Culshaw ...

Off-label prescribing in palliative care - Sage Journals

developments: specialist pain and palliative care society. Off-label prescribing in palliative care: A survey of independent prescribers. Joseph Culshaw ...

OFF-LABEL-USE IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Drug management plays a promi- nent role in the treatment of burdensome symptoms. Up to 50% of authorised drugs prescribed in palliative medicine are used for.

Off-Label Medication Use in the Inpatient Palliative Care Unit

Off-label use was checked against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved indications. Results Among the 201 patients, median survival was 10 days (95% ...

Full article: Off-label-prescriptions in daily clinical practice – a cross ...

Background: Off-label-use is an indispensable element of palliative medicine. Up to one third of all drugs are prescribed beyond their ...

Off-Label and Unlicensed Drugs in Pediatric Palliative Care

A total of 36.1% of the prescriptions were considered off label because of indication, 33.8% because of dosage, and 26.6% because of age. The main drugs used ...

Drug use beyond the licence in palliative care: A systematic review ...

Off-label use is common in palliative care with up to one-third of prescriptions affected. Challenges are often related to obtaining informed ...

(PDF) Off-label use in Palliative Care. More common than expected ...

Most off-label uses concerned indication (57%), followed by mode of administration. In drugs highly relevant to palliative care the rate of off- ...

Off-Label and Unlicensed Drugs in Pediatric Palliative Care

The main symptoms treated with off-label drugs were dyspnea, pain, and nausea/vomiting. Conclusion. More than half of the prescriptions in this ...

Use of medicines outside of their UK marketing authorisation in pain ...

also recommends that when prescribing a medicine off-label, doctors ... In palliative care, off-label medicine use is so widespread that concerns ...

Prescribing practices, patterns, and potential harms in patients ...

... drug interactions) associated with prescribing for patients receiving palliative care ... Off-label medication use in the inpatient palliative care unit. J Pain ...

Prescription trends at the end of life in a palliative care unit

Haloperidol is a first choice for agitation associated with delirium in EOL. It was highly prescribed “as needed” at admission and day of death ...

Off-Label Prescriptions In Palliative Care Patients At Home Care Unit*

(with antibiotic leftovers or by acquiring antibiotics directly in the pharmacy without a prescription), are behaviours directly related.