Compounding for Palliative Care/Hospice
Palliative care is treatment provided to patients who suffer from a chronic disease or terminal illness. Palliative care is intended to improve the patient’s quality of life, but not cure the disease. This treatment is best provided by a team of specialists that may include doctors, nurses, social workers, clergy, nutritionists and pharmacists. It is important to customize treatment for each patient since diseases vary and each patient’s response to treatment varies. Palliative care aims to relieve and manage symptoms - such as nausea and vomiting, pain, dry mouth, mouth pain or inflammation, wound care, fatigue, loss of appetite, [...]