Textbook of Addiction Medicine (Paperback)

Paperback. The pill says oxycodone. Pressed pills like it often contain fentanyl.Sedation that does not respond to naloxone may be xylazine. Withdrawal with a racing heart and high blood pressure may be medetomidine. The drug your patient names is no longer the only drug you have to think about.Textbook of Addiction Medicine is written for the clinic as it is now. It teaches you to ask about everything the patient takes, then to assess, diagnose and choose the right level of care. It covers alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, sedatives, tobacco, hallucinogens, inhalants and behavioural addictions. It takes you through overdose, withdrawal, psychosocial treatment and harm reduction, then on to co-occurring conditions, pregnancy, adolescents, older adults and long-term recovery.Every chapter opens with a clinical vignette and closes with what the clinician did and what happened next. Along the way, a Bridge to Practice box names the common pitfall and gives a clinical pearl, and a Role in the Care Team box shows what the prescriber, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, counsellor, social worker and peer recovery specialist each do.Screening tools, a DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 crosswalk, pharmacotherapy tables and withdrawal scales sit at the back, ready for the middle of a shift.Written for healthcare professionals who treat addiction every day.Know what you are treating. Get your copy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…