Prescription drug diversion and pain : history, policy, and treatment

Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain provides an interdisciplinary overview of medications used to treat chronic pain, specifically the benefits and risks that are posed by long-term opioids use. These essential pain-relieving medications must be carefully managed to prevent serious side effects that may include physical dependence, addiction, and even death, which has led in recent years to increased attention on the development of alternative treatments for chronic pain. This book not only offers a single, comprehensive source for understanding the specialized field of the opioid crisis, but also addresses provocative topics including how pain drugs came to be regulated by the U.S. Government and the rarely-discussed aggressive marketing behind the spread of these drugs. Chapters are written by expert contributors from diverse backgrounds in medicine, psychiatry, pharmacy, nursing, health law, and ethics. Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain is a must-read for healthcare professionals, caregivers, policy makers, regulatory officials, law enforcement, and those in the pharmaceutical industry seeking to address the current and future opioid crisis. Cover Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Disclosures Preface 1. Opioid Medications: Old Wine in New Bottles 2. Legal Regulation of Prescription Opioids and Prescribers 3. Monitoring Prescriptions, Third-Party Healthcare Payers, Prescription Benefit Managers, and Private-Sector Policy Options 4. Whatever Happened to the Decade of Pain Control and Research? 5. Evaluation and Treatment of the Chronic Pain Patient: Practice and Complexity 6. An Overview of the Abuse Potential of Nonopioids: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and Stimulants 7. Psychiatry and Chronic Pain: An Associative Connection 8. Managing Pain in Patients with a History of a Substance Use Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities 9. Opioid Prescribing in Stigmatized and Special Populations 10. The Demise of Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management and Its Relationship to the Scourge of Prescription Opioid Diversion and Abuse 11. Pain Management Assessment Beyond the Physician Encounter: Urine Drug Monitoring and Patient Agreements Epilogue Index __Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain____Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain__