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2020 Apr


Support Care Cancer


28


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What is the evidence for mirtazapine in treating cancer-related symptomatology? A systematic review.

Authors

Economos G, Lovell N, Johnston A, Higginson IJ
Support Care Cancer. 2020 Apr; 28(4):1597-1606.
PMID: 31858251.

Abstract

Cancer patients often experience multiple distressing symptoms which are challenging to manage. It would therefore be helpful to find a treatment that alleviates more than one symptom, to avoid polypharmacy: mirtazapine has been used in several studies for this purpose. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of mirtazapine in alleviating one or more frequently encountered cancer-related symptoms.