Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain in hospice/palliative care: an international pharmacovigilance study.

Richard P McNeill Jason W BolandAndrew WilcockAynharan SinnarajahDavid C Currow

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2023)

Most patients benefited from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with only one in five patients experiencing tolerable harm. This suggests that short-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients receiving palliative care is safer than previously thought and may be underused.

Keyphrases

anti inflammatory drugs
palliative care
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
advanced cancer
peritoneal dialysis
chronic pain
prognostic factors
emergency department
pain management
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
drug induced