Essential Guide to the Responsible Use of Opioid Analgesics for the Treatment of Pain

Business Wire,  June 24, 2008  

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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fd44c3/a_clinical_guide_t) has announced the addition of the "A Clinical Guide to Opioid Analgesia" report to their offering.

A Clinical Guide to Opioid Analgesia is designed to help clinicians make practical sense of the varied pharmacologic, clinical, and regulatory issues surrounding opioid therapy, with the objective of obtaining the most healthful outcomes possible for patients.

Opioid analgesics can provide effective relief to many patients suffering from acute or chronic pain. Still, these potent medications whose use needs to be managed carefully and targeted responsibly. A proper balance between appropriate access to opioids and a proactive effort to present misuse is inherent to responsible prescribing.

The authors provide an in-depth review of opioid therapy including patient assessment and management, comparisons of various opioids and their respective benefits/risks, and appropriate regimens for optimizing the effectiveness of opioid analgesia. The book features extensive tables, algorithms, and patient questionnaires to help improve clinicians' knowledge and skills related to both the principles of prescribing and the management of risk. In this way, healthcare professionals and their patients may benefit from the therapeutic potential of this class and medications while managing the risks of potential associated adverse effects.

Key Topics Covered:

* Historical Notes and Perspectives

* Pharmacology of Opioids for Analgesia

* Positioning Therapy and Patient Selection

* Initiating and Optimizing Opioid Therapy

* Management of Adverse Effects

* Management of the Poorly Responsive Pain

* Pain and Chemical Dependency

* Risk Management in Long-Term Opioid Therapy

* Opioid Therapy in Substance Abusers

* Opioid Analgesics in the Very Young and Very Old

* Opioid Therapy in Advanced Medical Illness

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fd44c3/a_clinical_guide_t

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