Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain (Oxford Pain Management Library Series) - Softcover

Stannard, Cathy; Coupe, Micheal H.; Pickering, Anthony

9780199231232: Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain (Oxford Pain Management Library Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199231230 ISBN 13: 9780199231232

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Opioids have been used routinely for the management of acute pain related to trauma and surgery in the hospital setting for many years; they are also administered to patients with persistent pain, despite controversy surrounding the potential risks for drug dependency/abuse. Persistent non-cancer pain is a common symptom presenting for consultation in primary care, but the treatment options are limited, and there is a lack of solid evidence and established guidelines as to when and how to use opioid analgesics in this group of patients.

Part of the Oxford Pain Management Library, this pocketbook 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 taht can occur.

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About the Author:

Cathy Stannard is a Consultant in Pain Medicine at Frenchay Hosptial in Bristol, UK. Michael H. Coupe is a Consultant in Pain and Anaesthesia at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, UK. Anthony Pickering is a Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Honorary Consultant at the Bristol Royal Infirmary
in Bristol, UK.

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