Open AccessScoping Review of Off-Label Topical Analgesia in Palliative, Hospice and Cancer Care: Towards Flexibility in Evidence-Based Medicine
Author(s) -
Baraa Tayeb,
Jennifer Winegarden,
Rawabi A. Alashari,
Moudi M. Alasmari,
Jonathan Winegarden,
Faisal Boker,
Abdulaziz Halawi,
Amy Lapidow,
Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw,
Daniel B. Carr
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s263845
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , hospice care , flexibility (engineering) , alternative medicine , cancer , family medicine , nursing , intensive care medicine , pathology , statistics , mathematics
Scoping reviews address the nature of the literature per se rather than inferring evidence-based treatment guidelines. Scoping reviews of the published literature are intended to describe the aggregated nature of the evidence surrounding some agent or intervention, in contrast to systematic reviews that seek when possible to guide clinical practice. We conducted a scoping review to identify reports of potential clinical utility of off-label topical analgesics and adjuvants when FDA-approved treatments have proven inadequate.