Medications

Medication Use at End of Life

Project Lead: Judith Fisher (PubMed articles)

Trainee: Rodd Clark

Objectives: To investigate medication use.

• NELS News, Issue 4

Presentations

Judith Fisher, 2011 - Highlighting NELS ICE Successes
• Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program (NSPMP): Promoting Appropriate Use of Monitored Drugs [PDF]

Publications

Fisher, J., Urquhart, R., Johnston, G. (2013) Use of opioid analgesics among older persons with colorectal cancer in two health districts with palliative care programs. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 46(1): 20-9.    *Free PMC article

Clark, R., Fisher, J., Sketris, I.S., Johnston, G. (2012) Population prevalence of high dose paracetamol in dispensed paracetamol /opioid combinations: An observational study. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 12(1): 11.    *Free PMC article

Fisher, J., Zhang, Y., Sketris, I., Johnston, G., Burge, F. (2011) The effect of an educational intervention on meperidine use in Nova Scotia, Canada: A time-series analysis. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 21(2): 177-83.    *Free PMC article

Maddison, A., Fisher, J., & Johnston, G. (2011) Preventive medication use among persons with limited life expectancy. Progress in Palliative Care, 19(1): 15-21.
*Free PMC article

Goodridge, D., Lawson, J., Rocker, G., Marciniuk, D., & Rennie, D. (2010) Factors associated with opiod dispensation for patients with COPD and lung cancer in the last year of life: A retrospective analysis. International Journal of COPD, 5: 99-105.
*Free PMC article.

Rocker, G., Horton, R., Currow, D., Goodridge, D., Young, J., & Booth, S. (2009) Palliation of dyspnoea in advanced COPD: revisiting a role for Opiods. Thorax, 64: 635-40. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.116699