Opioid Dependence A Clinical and Epidemiologic Approach /

• Main Author: McAnally, Heath B. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Neurology .; Pain medicine.; Internal medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Neurology.; Pain Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This unique and timely title offers a comprehensive assessment of the previously underappreciated risks and potentially overstated benefits of chronic opioid therapy. It does so by approaching the rampant problem of opioid abuse and addiction - currently labeled an epidemic in the United States -- f...

Table of Contents:

• An Epidemiologic Perspective
• Understanding the Agent, Part I: Opioid Biology and Basic Pharmacology
• Understanding the Agent, Part II: Adverse Effects
• Understanding the Agent, Part III: Specific Drugs
• Attenuating the Agent: Reducing Opioid "Virulence"
• Best Practices Education, Part I: Pain Physiology, Psychology, and Alternatives to Opioids
• Best Practices Education, Part II : Evidence for and against Opioid Therapy
• Best Practices Education, Part III: Regulatory and Advisory Issues Related to Opioid Therapy for Pain
• Addressing Host Factors: Overview of Dependence and Addiction
• Opioid Dependence Risk Factors and Risk Assessment
• Addressing Host Factors: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Opioid Dependence
• Conclusion.