Opioid therapy in the 21st century / edited by Howard S. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Howard S., 1956- editor.

Series:

Oxford American pain library.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford American pain library

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opioids--Therapeutic use--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Opioids.

Pain--Chemotherapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pain.

Analgesics, Opioid--therapeutic use--Handbooks.

Analgesics, Opioid--adverse effects--Handbooks.

Pain--drug therapy--Handbooks.

Medical Subjects:

Analgesics, Opioid--therapeutic use--Handbooks.

Analgesics, Opioid--adverse effects--Handbooks.

Pain--drug therapy--Handbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 288 pages ) illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Opioid therapy in the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Opioid Therapy in the 21st Century, Second Edition provides clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information about appropriate opioid use, including the potential benefits and adverse affects of the therapy. Over the last thirty years, the concern of Pain Medicine practitioners about the potential for their patients to develop a dependence on opioids has left opioid therapy as a largely underutilized treatment. While there is no simple answer to chronic pain, opioids remain the only class of drugs capable of providing relief to patients experiencing serious pain. Opioid Therapy in the 21st Century, Second Edition fills a dearth of clinical knowledge about analgesics to aid practitionersin weighing the risks versus the benefits of opioid therapy for their chronic pain patients. Part of the Oxford American Pain Library, this concise guide serves as a practical, user-friendly reference for physicians across the range of primary care and medical specialties. It includes an overview of appropriate clinical applications of opioids, covering such topics as opioid pharmacology, route selection, and individualization of therapy, as well as strategies for managing and mitigating the risk of abuse, addiction, and diversion. There are also special sections dedicated to theunique needs of pediatric, geriatric, and palliative care patient populations. This second edition discusses opioids approved for use since publication of the first edition, such as Butrans (buprenorphine patch); fentanyl patch and nasal spray; abuse resistant version of Oxycontin; and Embeda (morphine sulfate). Approved indications for older opioids as well as clinical trial information have also been updated.

Contents:

Introduction to opioids / Howard S. Smith

Overview of opioid-related terminology / Kenneth C. Jackson and Howard S. Smith

Diagnosis and assessment of pain / Charles E. Argoff

Opioid pharmacology / Mellar P. Davis and Howard S. Smith

Optimizing pharmacologic outcomes. Drug selection / Howard S. Smith and Kenneth C. Jackson

Optimizing pharmacologic outcomes. Route selection / Howard S. Smith

Optimizing pharmacologic outcomes. Assessing and managing opioid side effects / Howard S. Smith and Gary McCleane

Optimizing pharmacologic outcomes. Principles of opioid rotation / Bill H. McCarberg and Howard S. Smith

Optimizing pharmacologic outcomes. Individualization of therapy / Howard S. Smith

Opioid therapy for cancer pain / Mellar P. Davis and Howard S. Smith

Evidence for the use of long-term opioid therapy in persistent noncancer pain / Howard S. Smith and Gary McCleane

Pre-opioid prescribing period / Howard S. Smith

Identifying patients at risk for pain medication misuse / Lynn R. Webster and Howard S. Smith

Potential documentation tools in long-term opioid therapy / Howard S. Smith and Kenneth L. Kirsh

Managing the risk of abuse, addiction, and diversion / Howard S. Smith

Special populations. Pediatric / Howard S. Smith and Amy Mitchell

Special populations. Geriatric / Gary McCleane

Special populations. Palliative care / Janet Abrahm and Lida Nabati

Patients with a history of substance abuse / Kenneth L. Kirsh and Steven D. Passik.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770797-1

1-282-54390-3

9786612543906

0-19-971311-1

OCLC:

1406788299