09.22.2022
Palliative Pearls
08.23.2022
Inhaled Therapy Palliative Pearls: A Review
This month’s Palliative Pearls serves as a refresher, pulling key points from two popular cases, COPD Inhalation Therapy Conversion Case and Inhaled Therapy Case: Selecting...
06.23.2022
Switching or Deprescribing Insulins: When & How
Diabetes therapy traditionally focuses on tight glycemic control to lower the long-term risk of developing complications such as retinopathy, kidney disease, and neuropathy. At the...
05.19.2022
Wound Care: A Review of Open Access and Enclara Client Resources
Wound care questions related to dressings and topical products are commonly asked of hospice and palliative care pharmacists. Although few pharmacists are trained specifically in...
04.22.2022
Comparing Prescription and Over-the-counter Lidocaine Patches
This month, we compare prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) lidocaine patches in response to the frequently asked question, “Do OTC lidocaine patches require the same...
03.17.2022
Approach to Rectal Administration: A Refresher
Medication administration in terminally ill patients may be challenging when the oral route is no longer an option. Many of the medications needed critically for...
02.17.2022
Inactive Ingredients in Medications and Adverse Events
Oral medications contain active ingredient(s) and a mixture of inactive ingredients, called excipients. An active ingredient is defined as a product intended to provide the...
01.13.2022
Thyroid Replacement Therapy in Hospice: Assessing Continued Benefit
Polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs concomitantly and/or the administration of more medications than clinically indicated. Polypharmacy is especially prevalent in the elderly and...
12.15.2021
Top 5 Clinical Case Studies and Reviews in 2021 from Enclara Pharmacia
Palliative care has different goals than curative care, particularly for hospice patients nearing the end of life. It can be difficult to find pharmacological guidance...