Palliative Care Formulary (PCF9)

Palliative Care Formulary (PCF9)

Rigorously researched information grounded in clinical practice tailored for use in palliative and hospice care settings.

Palliative Care Formulary (PCF9) is split into 3 parts plus the appendices:

• Part 1 comprises 142 drug monographs, some covering a class of drugs (e.g. antimuscarinics, bronchodilators, strong opioids) and others restricted to an individual drug (e.g. morphine, fentanyl, ketamine).
• Part 2 deals with themes which transcend the drug monographs, e.g. general advice about prescribing in palliative care, prescribing in renal or hepatic impairment, drugs and fitness to drive.
• Part 3 looks at routes of administration, e.g. administering drugs to patients with swallowing difficulties or enteral feeding tubes, the use of transdermal patches, and continuous subcutaneous drug infusion.
• Appendices contain information on opioid dose conversion ratios and compatibility charts for mixing drugs for continuous subcutaneous infusion

PCF 9 also includes several Quick Clinical Guides covering key topics in palliative care and designed for everyday use.

• 4 new monographs: Aprepitant, Direct oral anticoagulants, Dual orexin receptor antagonists and Myasthenia gravis at the end of life
• 1 new Quick Clinical Guide: Administering a short subcutaneous infusion (SSCI)
• 50% of the monographs have been fully reviewed and updated along with many additional minor updates to other monographs
• Some monographs were renamed as part of a full update, notably Systemic lidocaine (formerly Systemic local anaesthetics) and Iron (formerly Ferrous sulfate)

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