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Pain and its relief without addiction : clinical issues in the use of opioids and other analgesics
- Title
- Pain and its relief without addiction : clinical issues in the use of opioids and other analgesics / Barry Stimmel.
- Author
- Stimmel, Barry, 1939-
- Publication
- New York : Haworth Medical Press, ©1997.
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- Additional Authors
- Stimmel, Barry, 1939-
- Description
- xv, 418 pages : illustrations.
- Summary
- Helps physicians and people in pain understand why their pain is not always adequately relieved, and addresses the failure of current medicine to effectively alleviate pain. Discusses the nature of pain, its connections to the emotional and psychological state of patients, and the impact particular drugs have on the body. Outlines the basic concepts of drug dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal, pharmacological actions and undesired effects of drugs, and the correct steps to take in treating pain. Paper edition (0-7890-0126-8), $24.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
- Series Statement
- Haworth Therapy for the Addictive Disorders.
- Subject
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Pain, analgesia, and addiction. c1983.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Anatomy of Pain -- Ch. 2. Neuroregulators and Pain -- Ch. 3. Basic Concepts of Dependence, Addiction, Tolerance, and Withdrawal -- Ch. 4. The Effects of Emotion on Pain -- Ch. 5. Nonopioid Analgesics and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs -- Ch. 6. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics I: Opioid Agonists -- Ch. 7. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics II: Opioid Agonist-Antagonists -- Ch. 8. The Stimulants -- Ch. 9. Barbiturates, Nonbarbiturate Hypnotics, and Minor Tranquilizers -- Ch. 10. The Major Tranquilizers -- Ch. 11. The Antidepressants -- Ch. 12. Marijuana -- Ch. 13. General Principles of Pain Management -- Ch. 14. Management of Acute and Chronic Pain -- Ch. 15. Unrelieved Pain: The Role of the Physician -- Ch. 16. Pain Relief in Children and the Elderly -- Ch. 17. Relieving Pain in Malignant Disorders: The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Cancer -- Ch. 18. Persons Tolerant to or Dependent upon Opioids and Pain of Undocumented Etiology.
- ISBN
- 9781560249061
- 1560249064
- 0789001268
- 9780789001269
- LCCN
- 96008993
- OCLC
- ocm37355341
- 37355341
- SCSB-101626
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library