Multidisciplinary and Multimodal Approaches for Refractory Symptoms (P14)

Palliative care multidisciplinary teams are commonly consulted to help with refractory cases, and in most cases our tool box is adequate to address the various levels of suffering. However, in some instances, our traditional palliative care tool box is not enough, which leads teams to search for additional modalities that we can add to our tool box. There is emerging literature and clinical practice protocols which guide us to expanding our toolbox. These include uncommon opioids in the palliative care setting, such as tapentadol, levorphanol, and buprenorphine.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research