Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches : The AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management

From reviews of Deer, eds., __Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches__: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches __is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia.__" **Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology** Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the __**Medical**__ section of the acclaimed Deer, eds., __Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches.__ It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about medical approaches to treating chronic pain. * Clinically focused resource on the medical management of chronic pain * Leading edge topics, such as monitoring opioid use and abuse, the emerging role of cannabinoids in pain treatment, and the systems involved in nociceptive processing systems * "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners.℗l In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia."℗l ℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l℗l Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Medical section of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches.℗lIt is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about medical approaches to treating chronic pain. Clinically focused resource on the medical management of chronic pain Leading edge topics, such as monitoring opioid use and abuse, the emerging role of cannabinoids in pain treatment, and the systems involved in nociceptive processing systems "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter Front Matter....Pages i-xix A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing....Pages 1-19 Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management....Pages 21-31 Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs....Pages 33-42 The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain....Pages 43-50 Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain....Pages 51-57 NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain....Pages 59-65 Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain....Pages 67-75 Topical Analgesics....Pages 77-87 Sleep Aids....Pages 89-97 Clinical Use of Opioids....Pages 99-110 Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism....Pages 111-118 Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient....Pages 119-132 Opioids and the Law....Pages 133-142 Methadone for Chronic Pain....Pages 143-148 Toxicology Screening for Opioids....Pages 149-158 Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm....Pages 159-166 Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction....Pages 167-178 Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management....Pages 179-195 The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy....Pages 197-207 Back Matter....Pages 209-219