Hospice / Palliative Care

Patients with advanced illnesses often experience particularly severe symptoms or a complex set of symptoms that requires special attention. Home hospice care provides palliative medical care and psychologic and spiritual support for terminally ill patients during the end-of-life process. Palliative care is the active total care of patients who have advanced illnesses for which there is no cure. For those patients, the control of symptoms (rather than the prolongation of life) is the focus of care.

Broadway Apothecary can help control symptoms in several particular areas:

   * Pain Management - suspensions of highly-concentrated pain medications, flavored to the patient’s choice; transdermal formulations; suppositories.

~ ~ An example would be a chocolate mint flavored suspension of a pain medication.

   * Nausea and vomiting control - transdermal, sublingual or rectal administration of anti-nausea medication. Medications are often combined to increase synergism.

~ ~ An example would be a gel that can be rubbed into the skin delivering several medications at a time for nausea.

   * Agitation and Anxiety - transdermal, sublingual or rectal administration of anti-nausea medication. Medications are often combined to increase synergism.

~ ~ An example would be an orange creme tablet that dissolves under the tongue.