May 2014 Cancer J. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):8-14 A Randomized, Double-blind, 2-Period, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of a Sustained-Release Methylphenidate in the Treatment of Fatigue in Cancer Patients Escalante CP, Meyers C, Reuben JM, Wang X, Qiao W, Manzullo E, Alvarez RH, Morrow PK,Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Wang XS, Mendoza T, Liu W, Holmes H, Hwang J, Pisters K, […]
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2nd May 2014 Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Safety updates EMA restricts domperidone dose and duration of use The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended changes to the indications, dose and duration of use of domperidone in adults and children following a […]
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May 2014 J Anal Toxicol. 2013 Oct;37(8):476-85 In vitro inhibition of methadone and oxycodone cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism: reversible inhibition by H2-receptor agonists and proton-pump inhibitors Moody DE, Liu F, Fang WB The effect of Histamine 2 (H2)-receptor antagonists and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) on the metabolism of oxycodone and methadone was evaluated in an in vitro […]
E-Letter Response to ‘Comparing the needs of families of children dying from malignant and non- malignant disease: an in-depth qualitative study’ (Jayne Price, Joanne Jordan, Lindsay Prior, Jackie Parkes, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2012; 2: 127-132))
Article citation: Jayne Price, Joanne Jordan, Lindsay Prior, Jackie Parkes; ‘Comparing the needs of families of children dying from malignant and non-malignant disease: an in-depth qualitative study’; BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2012; 2: 127-132) Abstract, Full Text, PDF Our journal club appraised with interest the study of Jayne Price and colleagues, which compared the needs […]
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April 2014 Palliat Med. 2013 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print] Economic impact of hospitalisations among patients in the last year of life: An observational study Gardiner C, Ward S, Gott M, Ingleton C In this observational retrospective study in two English hospitals, 483 patients who died within 1 year of admission to hospital, […]
E-Letter Response: ‘Don’t be Bitter: be Better’
Article Citation: Catherine Sweeney, Gerardine Lynch, Ali Khashan, Bridget Maher, Marie Murphy, Tony O’Brien; ‘The impact of a medical undergraduate student-selected module in palliative care’; BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2014; 4: 92-97) Abstract, Full Text, PDF Death is arguably the most important thing about us. It is our ‘condition of creation’ so to speak, and to deny its […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Hot topics Tramadol to be a Schedule 3 CD and temazepam exemptions to be removed The UK government has decided that tramadol will become a Schedule 3 controlled drug (CD) later this year, but will have exemption from […]
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March 2014 J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Jan 2;3(1):e000544. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000544. “Not the ‘grim reaper service’”: an assessment of provider knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding palliative care referral barriers in heart failure Kavalieratos D, Mitchell EM, Carey TS, Dev S, Biddle AK, Reeve BB, Abernethy AP, Weinberger M To investigate barriers to palliative care […]
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March 2014 J Affect Disord. 2013 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] Pre-loss symptoms related to risk of complicated grief in caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients Nanni MG, Biancosino B, Grassi L This study investigated the relationship between pre-loss criteria for complicated grief and post- bereavement diagnosis of complicated grief. This was carried […]
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Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website. Latest additions PCF updated monographs The online Palliative Care Formulary (PCF) is being continually updated. The following monographs have been updated during February 2014 and supersede those in the publication of the 4the dition of the Palliative Care […]