Pharmaceutical care on a patient with lung cancer and trigeminal neuralgia / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To found appropriate approaches for a clinical pharmacist to carry out pharmaceutical care on patients with cancer pain. METHODS: The pharmaceutical care of a patient with lung cancer and trigeminal neuralgia was analyzed to explore how to make rational analgesia therapeutic schedule for patient with cancer pain. RESULTS: Clinical pharmacist actively participated in pharmacotherapy including evaluating analgesia therapeutic schedule according to guidelines, inquiring medication history, emphasizing compliance, providing medication education and rational medication recommendation. CONCLUSION: Pain can make patient anxious, depressed and somnipathy. Clinical pharmacist could help physicians to select rational drug, rational administration route and rational drug combination, pay attention to drug interaction, thus to make individual therapeutic schedule and ensure the rational use of analgesic drugs.