Essential Pain Pharmacology

The Prescriber's Guide

Howard S Smith author Marco Pappagallo author Stephen M Stahl editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Sep '12

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State-of-the-art, clear, concise presentation of a wide array of analgesic agents, with practical pearls to aid prescribing.

Essential Pain Pharmacology covers an up-to-date array of analgesic agents in clear and concise entries. Indications, advantages and disadvantages, and tips for appropriate dosing and avoiding adverse effects are discussed for each agent, giving users the confidence to appropriately manage their patients' pain. A must-have for every clinician.Essential Pain Pharmacology: The Prescriber's Guide expertly reviews the most important medications used to relieve pain, now considered by many physicians as the fifth vital sign. The catalogue of analgesics has expanded rapidly, and this text presents the most up-to-date, comprehensive array of agents available for prescribing. Each clear and concise drug entry covers the range of indications, advantages and disadvantages, and tips for appropriate dosing and avoiding adverse effects. A separate section covers nutraceuticals, a class of drug increasingly used to manage chronic pain, yet little discussed in medical literature. The detailed description of each medication enables the user to make quick and informed decisions, confident that they are best serving the needs of their patients. Practical 'pearls' for each entry provide a quick go-to reference for the key information to consider before prescribing. This concise user-friendly reference is a must-have on the shelf of every physician.

'… a comprehensive text that deals with pertinent information regarding the numerous substances available for pain management.' Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

ISBN: 9780521759106

Dimensions: 227mm x 153mm x 27mm

Weight: 920g

575 pages