Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient
A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time in the 12-month period:…
Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism
Fig. 11.1 Causes of opioid-induced nausea and/or vomiting Since tolerance to opioid-induced nausea and vomiting usually develops within days, prolonged treatment, if any, is usually not needed. Often, decreasing the…
The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy
Fig. 19.1 A hypothetical graph of the number of available drugs as a function of time. The scales on the abscissa and ordinate are deliberately not specified (See text for…
Sleep Aids
Evidence exists to support that: Chronic insomnia is associated with older age. Benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines are effective in the management of chronic insomnia. However, benzodiazepines, nonbenzodiazepines, and antidepressants pose a…
Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management
Fig. 2.1 Framework of genetic background influencing the response to analgesic drugs The second, more traditional, and better established component of pain related genomics is called pharmacogenomics of pain management…
Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm
# Factor which may lead to increased medication dosing 1 Progression of the patient’s painful condition 2 Development of a new painful condition 3 Aberrant drug-taking behavior 4 Chemical coping…
Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction
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Opioids and the Law
© American Academy of Pain Medicine 2015Timothy R. Deer, Michael S. Leong and Vitaly Gordin (eds.)Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches10.1007/978-1-4939-1818-8_13 13. Opioids and the Law Selina Read1 and Jill Eckert2, 3 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Penn…
Topical Analgesics
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Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain
© American Academy of Pain Medicine 2015Timothy R. Deer, Michael S. Leong and Vitaly Gordin (eds.)Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches10.1007/978-1-4939-1818-8_5 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain Bruce D. Nicholson1 (1) Division of…
