The use of antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and lipid-lowering medications in the elderly dying with advanced cancer

Conclusion: Many elderly patients dying with advanced cancer in a palliative care unit were maintained on medications for chronic conditions until the very late stages of their lives. For such imminently dying patients, benefits of such medications are unlikely and burdens are possible. Further research is needed to explore physicians' justifications, if any, for maintaining such patients on apparently futile medications.
Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research