title: Pain and palliative care pharmacotherapy literature summaries and analyses.
abstract: Timely and important studies are reviewed and commentaries provided by leading palliative care clinicians. Symptoms, interventions, and treatment-related adverse events addressed in this issue are management of Alzheimer's agitation with donepezil; needle-free lidocaine powder for minor painful procedures; psychostimulants in depression; anticoagulation for cancer-related venous thromboembolism; effect of waiting for acute pain treatment on risk of chronic pain; and an update on severe cutaneous reactions associated with medications.
authors.affiliation: Duke Cancer Care Research Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. amy.abernethy@duke.edu
authors.forename: Amy P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Abernethy
authors.forename: Tommie W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D000662:Amphetamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D000077265:Donepezil; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007189:Indans / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D018962:Phlebotomy; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D020280:Sertraline / Q000009:adverse effects; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000925:Anticoagulants; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D007189:Indans; D018697:Nootropic Agents; D010880:Piperidines; D055553:Prescription Drugs; D000077265:Donepezil; D008012:Lidocaine; D020280:Sertraline