The Medication Use Guidelines (MUGs®)

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Hospice Pharmacia (HP) is proud to provide your hospice with the most comprehensive, clinical and cost reference tool for use in hospice care – the MUGs.  After more than ten years of experience using the MUGs, and having managed the care of over one million patients, HP has changed the way hospice care is delivered in America.

The MUGs are a tool that is peer-reviewed and updated annually. Current literature, evidence, and algorithms are applied to assist in the management of commonly experienced end-of-life symptoms. Different than a traditional formulary, HP’s MUGs bring symptom-based clinical decision tools together with the relative cost of drugs. The combination of this information provides patient care managers with the transparency necessary for cost-effective clinical decision making.

"The MUGs have been a very beneficial tool, especially for nurses new to hospice. The way the information is laid out breaks it down easy for nurses. I really appreciate the algorithms." — Janet Champoux, Hospice Clinical Manager, Mercy Medical Center Hospice in Canton, OH