Adjuvant analgesics / edited by David Lussier, Pierre Beaulieu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lussier, David, editor.

Beaulieu, Pierre, 1958- editor.

Series:

Oxford American pain library.

Oxford American Pain Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic pain.

Analgesics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Adjuvant Analgesics provides practical information on the use of adjuvant analgesics such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants, for management of various types of pain such as chronic, postoperative, cancer-related, neuropathic and fibromyalgia pain. Chapters cover a basic introduction to adjuvant analgesics for pain control, appropriate clinical applications of the various drug classes in the management of common pain problems, and on drug-drug interactions between adjuvant analgesics and traditional analgesics.

Contents:

Rational pharmacotherapy of pain / David Lussier and Pierre Beaulieu

Classification of analgesics / David Lussier and Pierre Beaulieu

Antidepressants analgesics / Peter Watson

Analgesic anticonvulsants / David Lussier

Cannabinoids as adjuvant analgesics / Pierre Beaulieu and Julie Desroches

Local anesthetics / Patrick Friederich

NMDA antagonists as analgesic adjuvants / Philippe Richebé, Laurent Bollag, Cyril Rivat

Topical adjuvant analgesics / Jana Sawynok

Choice of analgesic based on type of pain

Drug-drug interactions of adjuvant analgesic agents / David R.P. Guay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-939218-8

OCLC:

903685758