Drugs in Palliative Care

Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Drugs in Palliative Care provides a practical, easily accessible A-Z of the common drugs encountered in palliative care..

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..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

©2023

Erschienen:

Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated ; 2023

©2023

Ausgabe:

3rd ed.

Reihe:

Drugs In Ser.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dickman, Andrew [VerfasserIn]

Links:

ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-0-19-106346-6

Themen:

Drugs-Handbooks, manuals, etc
Electronic books

Anmerkungen:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources

Umfang:

1 online resource (753 pages)

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1830488139