がん性疼痛治療における薬剤師の提案と医師からの質問について

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The participation of pharmacists in various aspects of cancer therapy is highly necessary, among them cancer pain relief, countermeasures against adverse drug reactions to anticancer drugs, and risk management. In the present study, we investigated the proposals made by pharmacists to physicians regarding the administration of opioids and adjuvant analgesics for the purpose of pain relief in cancer patients and questions from physicians on this subject. The subjects were 28 patients (14 males and 14 females) and 72 proposals on 7 matters were made to physicians, including 24 proposals on administration method, 20 on dose, and 12 on rescue dose. The physicians adopted 44 of the proposals (61.1%), and 34 of them (77.3%) were beneficial to the patients. The physicians asked 16 questions concerning 5 matters. Seven questions concerned converted dose, the most frequent topic of questions. Next came questions about rescue dose, rescue method, administration method and dose. In conclusion, the participation of pharmacists in cancer pain treatment could achieve more rapid pain relief and improve patients' QOL. Pharmacists should therefore make sure that they understand methods of treating cancer pain and actively participate in relieving it.
日本医療薬学会の論文
2006-12-10