Support Services

Resources for Addiction

Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN
Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, discusses what to do when a patient has developed a possible addiction to their opioid medications.

Safety Monitoring and Education for Opioid Medications

Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN
Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, advises providers to enroll in a national pharmacy database prescription monitoring program and to educate patients about their medications and the ways in which they must be used.

The Reciprocal Value of Patient and Caregiver Support Programs

The recent proliferation of patient and caregiver support programs is being driven by greater patient involvement in health decisions, increasing attention on patient outcomes, and the growth of specialty drugs that require additional patient support. These programs encompass a range of services which enable pharmaceutical companies to improve access to, usage of, and adherence to prescription drug treatments.