Opioid therapy in the 21st century
By: edited by Howard S. Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Howard S., 1956-
Series: Oxford American pain library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195339499; 9780195340570
Subjects: Opioids -- Therapeutic use -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Pain -- Chemotherapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use -- Handbooks; Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects -- Handbooks; Pain -- drug therapy -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of opioid-related terminology / Kenneth C. Jackson and Howard S. Smith; title: Diagnosis and assessment of pain / Charles E. Argoff; title: Opioid pharmacology / Mellar P. Davis; title: Pharmacology of specific opioids. Drug selection / Howard S. Smith; title: Pharmacology of specific opioids. Route selection / Howard S. Smith; title: Pharmacology of specific opioids. Assessing and managing opioid side effects / Howard S. Smith, Mellar P. Davis, and Gary McCleane; title: Pharmacology of specific opioids. Individualization of therapy / Howard S. Smith; title: Opioid rotation / Janet R. Hardy and Bill H. McCarberg; title: Opioids for cancer pain / Mellar P. Davis; title: Evidence for the use of long-term opioid therapy in persistent noncancer pain / Howard S. Smith and Gary McCleane; title: Pre-opioid prescribing period / Howard S. Smith; title: Identifying patients at risk for pain medication misuse / Howard S. Smith; title: Potential documentation tools in long term opioid therapy / Howard S. Smith and Kenneth L. Kirsh; title: Managing the risk of abuse, addiction, and diversion / Howard S. Smith; title: Special populations. Pediatric populations / Howard S. Smith and Amy Mitchell; title: Special populations. Geriatric populations / Gary McCleane; title: Special populations. Palliative care / Janet Abrahm and Lida Nabati; title: Patients with a history of substance abuse / Kenneth l. Kirsh and Steven D. Passik.