Opioids in Cancer Pain / Karen Forbes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forbes, Karen, author.

Series:

Oxford pain management library.

Oxford pain management library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer pain--Treatment.

Cancer pain.

Opioids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 154 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Opioids in Cancer Pain outlines the opioids available for the management of cancer pain, examining the evidence for their use, discussing how they are best used and outlining the side effects. Opioids are a popular choice but many clinicians need guidance and advice in special situations and this pocketbook is the ideal guide.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Part I: Pain in patients with cancer

1 The principles of management of pain due to cancer

Part II: Treatment of cancer pain

2 The range of treatments for pain due to cancer

3 The development and efficacy of the WHO analgesic ladder

Part III: Opioids in cancer pain

4 Opioid receptors

5 Starting opioids for moderate to severe pain: talking to the patient

6 Principles of opioid titration

7 Management of adverse effects

Part IV: Oral opioids

8 Morphine

9 Oxycodone

10 Hydromorphone

11 Methadone

12 Other alternative oral opioids

Part V: Alternative routes of administration

13 Transdermal opioids

14 Other routes of opioid administration

15 Spinal opioids

16 Parenteral opioids

17 Opioids in special circumstances

18 Appendix: Dose converting when switching from oral morphine to transdermal fentanyl

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

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Z.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0191575186

9780191575181

OCLC:

1336405496