Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-967807-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 136 g

Opioids have been used as analgesics for many years, and their use in the management of acute pain related to trauma and surgery is well established. However, patients with persisting pain need a pain management plan that brings relief of symptoms without adverse effects in both the short and longer terms.

The prescribing of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has increased substantially since the first edition of this pocketbook was published, prompting considerable debate regarding the appropriateness of prescribing for this indication and the potential harms to individuals and to society that may result from this trend. This second edition of Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain brings clinicians up to date on the current use of opioid drugs in patients with non-cancer pain, and highlights the potential benefits of therapy as well as the problems that can occur. The edition includes new chapters on the history of opioids to help contextualize the following discussions, and a new chapter covering the emerging field of pharmacogenomics which provides explanations for differing responsiveness to opioids and propensity to adverse effects. An international perspective on opioid prescribing trends is also a valuable new addition.

Zielgruppe

Medical specialist trainees in pain medicine, anaesthesia and other disciplines who manage patients with pain; clinicians in primary care; specialist nurses prescribing drugs for pain control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stannard, Cathy

Coupe, Michael

Pickering, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Opioids: a brief history

- 2: Opioid pharmacology

- 3: Opioid actions:insights from imaging

- 4: Pharmacogenomics of opioids

- 5: Opioid prescribing trends: an international perspective

- 6: Current good practice in pain medicine

- 7: Benefits and adverse effects of opioids

- 8: Opioid induced hyperalgesia

- 9: Contraindications, cautions, and drug interactions

- 10: Clinical use: back pain

- 11: Clinical use: pain associated with osteoarthritis

- 12: Clinical use: neuropathic pain

- 13: Practical aspects of prescribing

- 14: Opioids and addiction

Über Autor(innen)

Cathy Stannard, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Pain Clinic, Macmillan Centre, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK, Michael Coupe, Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, UK, and Tony Pickering, Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow and Reader in Neuroscience, School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Bristol; Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK