Drugs in Palliative Care

ISBN: 9780199660391 出版年：2012 页码：593 Dickman, Andrew Oxford University Press

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1 - CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY OVERVIEW Introduction Pharmacokinetics Pharmacodynamics Pharmacogenetics Drug interactions CHAPTER 2 - PRESCRIBING GUIDANCE Unlicensed use of medicines Legal categories of medicines Independent prescribing - palliative care issues Travelling abroad with medicines Drugs and driving Management of pain: selection of a NSAID Management of pain: opiod substitution Management of pain: breakthrough pain Management of pain: neuropathic pain Management of pain: poorly controlled pain Management nausea and vomiting Management of constipation Discontinuing and/or switching antidepressants Continuous subcutaneous infusions Use of drugs in end-of-life care CHAPTER 3 - DRUG MONOGRAPHS A-Z INDEX