Opioids in non-cancer pain
By: Cathy Stannard, Michael Coupe, and Tony Pickering.
Contributors: Coupe, Michael H.; Pickering, Tony.
Series: Oxford pain management library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780199231232
Subjects: Pain -- Chemotherapy; Opioids -- Therapeutic use; Pain -- drug therapy; Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects; Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opioid pharmacology; title: Opioid action : insights from imaging; title: Current good practice in pain medicine; title: Benefits and adverse effects of opioids; title: Opioid-induced hyperalgesia; title: Contraindications, cautions, and drug interactions; title: Clinical use : back pain; title: Clinical use : pain associated with osteoarthritis; title: Clinical use : neuropathic pain; title: Practical aspects of prescribing; title: Pain and substance misuse.