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Opioids in non-cancer pain / Cathy Stannard, Michael Coupe, Anthony Pickering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stannard, Catherine F.
- Series:
- Oxford pain management library.
- Oxford pain management library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pain--Chemotherapy.
- Pain.
- Opioids--Therapeutic use.
- Opioids.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Opioids have been used as analgesics for many years, and their use in the management of acute pain related to trauma and surgery is well established. However, patients with persisting pain need a pain management plan that brings relief of symptoms without adverse effects in both the short and longer terms. The prescribing of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has increased substantially since the first edition of this pocketbook was published, prompting considerable debate regarding the appropriateness of prescribing for this indication and the potential harms to individuals and to society th
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Opioids: a brief history; 2 Opioid pharmacology; 3 Opioid actions: insights from imaging; 4 Opioid pharmacogenomics; 5 Opioid prescribing trends: an international perspective; 6 Current good practice in pain medicine; 7 Benefits and adverse effects of opioids; 8 Opioid-induced hyperalgesia; 9 Contraindications, cautions, and drug interactions; 10 Clinical use: back pain; 11 Clinical use: pain associated with osteoarthritis; 12 Clinical use: neuropathic pain; 13 Practical aspects of prescribing; 14 Opioids and addiction
- Appendix 1 Prescription writing requirementsAppendix 2 Table of approximate oral analgesic equivalence; Appendix 3 Approximate analgesic equivalences of transdermal opioids; Appendix 4 Calculating the starting dose of methadone (inpatient conversion); Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-166722-6
- 0-19-175746-2
- 1-299-38574-5
- 0-19-166721-8
- OCLC:
- 834612408
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