American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Ave. This popular reference guide offers a concise description of appropriate drug selection, variations in dosage among patients, rapid treatment of breakthrough pain, and minimization of side effects. It is an invaluable resource for teaching medical and nursing students. A more accurate opioid relative potency table incorporating data from recent repeated-dose studies on the conversion between oral morphine and methadone, fentanyl or oxycodone. New information about adverse effects of analgesics, including hepatotoxic interactions between acetaminophen and alcohol, effects of acetaminophen on increasing coumarin anticoagulation, interactions between HIV protease inhibitors and opioids and between SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants.
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