Background Patients receiving palliative care often have existing comorbidities
necessitating the prescribing of multiple medications. To maximize quality of life in this …

Background: Drug use beyond the licence (off-label use, off-label drug use) is a common
practice in palliative care and respective recommendations can often be identified in the …

Context Off-label and unlicensed use of drugs is a widespread practice in pediatric care
because of the lack of specific efficacy and safety data and the absence of formulations …

Background Paediatric palliative care (PPC) aim to ensure the control of symptoms and the
best possible quality of life for patients whose underlying disease, characterized by an …

Background: Dyspnea is a very common and well-known symptom in patients with
advanced cancer, but it is often neglected by physicians. Moreover, despite the high …

Abstract Background/Objectives Psychotropic and opioid medications are routinely
prescribed for symptom management in hospice, but national estimates of prescribing are …

Background Benzodiazepine and antipsychotic medications are routinely prescribed for
symptom management in hospice patients, but have significant risks for older adults. We …

Palliative care should be an important component in the management of drug resistant
tuberculosis (DRTB); however, it is not given much importance. Even in the current scenario …

Background Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics are routinely prescribed for symptom
management in hospice. There is minimal evidence to guide prescribing in this population …

Background: Off-label-use is an indispensable element of palliative medicine. Up to one
third of all drugs are prescribed beyond their licence. It is challenging to find the right …