Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain

by Cathy Stannard, Tony Pickering, Michael Coupe

Opioids have been used as analgesics for many years, and their use in the management of acute pain related to trauma and surgery is well established. However, patients with persisting pain need a pain management plan that brings relief of symptoms without adverse effects in both the short and longer terms.
The prescribing of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has increased substantially since the first edition of this pocketbook was published,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199678073
• ISBN13: 9780199678075
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"