Natural Environment Intervention
Natural environment intervention involves patient exposure to the natural environment through various activities. This type of intervention was examined among patients with cancer for its effect on anxiety, cognitive impairment, and fatigue.
Narrative Interview
A narrative interview is an interview in which the interviewee can tell his or her story and experience and express feelings. This approach is aimed at allowing patients to focus on issues that are of concern to them and reflect on actions that might be helpful to them. Researchers have studied the use of the narrative interview as a treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with cancer.
Naproxen for Colony-Stimulating Factor-Related Bone Pain
Naproxen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used for pain relief. In patients with cancer, naproxen has also been specifically examined for its effectiveness in reducing bone pain associated with use of colony-stimulating factors.
Naloxone
Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, reverses the effects of opioids and has been used to reverse opioid overdose. Naloxone in combination with opioids for pain management has been examined in patients with cancer for its effects on opioid-induced constipation.
N-acetyl Cysteine
N-acetyl cysteine is derived from the amino acid L-cysteine and is used as a pharmaceutical drug as well as in nutritional support. It can be can be administered via IV or inhaled. It has multiple uses in medicine, and its primary uses are in acetaminophen overdose and as a mucolytic agent. It has been studied in the treatment of cancer treatment-related mucositis.
Music/Music Therapy
Music therapy is the application of music to influence physiologic, psychological, and emotional functioning. It often is used with other behavioral techniques, such as relaxation. Music interventions vary from listening to recorded music to listening to live music to more formal music therapy provided by music therapists.
Multivitamin Supplements
Administration of a standard multivitamin dietary supplement was evaluated in patients with cancer for the management of fatigue. A variety of individual vitamins also have been examined for their effects in treating different symptoms. Interventions involving specific individual or combined vitamins are identified as separate interventions.
Multicomponent Interventions
Multicomponent interventions for caregivers include a combination of educational, supportive, psychotherapuetic, and respite care.
MS 20 Soybean Extract
MS 20 is a fermented soybean extract. Fermented soybean products contain isoflavones that may have chemoprotective effects and increase antioxidant activity. MS 20 use has been examined in patients with cancer for its effects on natural killer cell activity and symptoms of anorexia and fatigue.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is an east Asian traditional therapy involving the application of the heat from burning herbs to stimulate specific spots on the skin or acupoints. Moxibustion may be used in combination with acupuncture. This intervention has been examined in people with cancer for its effect on fatigue.