Recommended E-Books
The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public HealthISBN: 9781615371570Publication Date: 2019
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic: The Role of Providers and the Clinical Laboratory in Understanding Who is VulnerableISBN: 9780128200759Publication Date: 2020
The Opioid Crisis: Use and Misuse of Prescription, Illicit and Synthetic OpioidsISBN: 1536148148Publication Date: 2019
Addiction
Managing Patients with Chronic Pain and Opioid Addiction
This text will provide readers with a thorough review of the complex condition of chronic pain and addictions. The book was originally commissioned due to the need in the field for more literature on the topic. This concise pocket book will review epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and medical management of both chronic pain and addiction. Busy healthcare professionals will benefit from this text, which will not only cover the foundation of the management of both conditions and together, but discuss up-to-date national and international treatment guidelines, upcoming therapies and REMS.
ISBN: 9783319081113Publication Date: 2015
Opioid Use Disorders: A Holistic Guide to Assessment, Treatment, and RecoveryISBN: 9781683731641Publication Date: 2018
Perioperative Addiction
Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs. The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the subject from the vantage points of the specific drug and of special patient populations. Features: · Guidance for spotting and managing addicted patients · All common and important drugs of addiction, from opioids, cocaine, club drugs, and alcohol, to tobacco, marijuana, nitrous oxide, inhalants, and propofol · Special populations, including pregnant women, pain patients, adolescents, older patients, and healthcare professionals · Fascinating overview of the long history of addiction · Genetic basis of addiction, and the range of pharmacological treatments for addiction
ISBN: 9781461401698Publication Date: 2011
Substance Abuse
This book is written for any clinician who encounters substance abuse in a patient and wonders what to do. Experts from a cross-section of specialties and health professions provide up-to-date, evidence-based guidance on how non-expert clinicians can recognize, understand, and approach the management of substance abuse in their patients. They detail the range of treatments available and whether and how they work. The central importance of using a carefully selected multimodal approach that is tailored to the individual patient is emphasized throughout and illustrated in case scenarios from actual clinical practice.
ISBN: 9781493919505Publication Date: 2014
Pain Management
Controlled Substance Management in Chronic Pain
This comprehensive guide covers prescribing controlledsubstances for patients with acute or chronic pain and provides a balanceddiscussion on appropriate treatment, addiction, safety and complications. Chapters feature evidence-based strategies and clinical modalities that addressdiagnostic challenges, treatment guidance, alternatives to opioid managementand the significant legal risks within the current regulatoryenvironment. Authored by leaders in pain medicine, physicians andappropriate health care professionals will find Controlled SubstanceManagement in Chronic Pain to be an indispensable resource.
ISBN: 9783319309644Publication Date: 2016
Treating Comorbid Opioid Addiction and Dependence in Chronic Pain
​This in-depth text addresseshow to approach and treat the chronic pain patient struggling with problematicopioid use. It discusses the approach for patients who may be at highrisk of problematic use, such as those with a history of mental illness orsubstance use disorder. The first part covers diagnosis and treatment, focusingon common best practices that practitioners can adapt to any practice. Two ofthe chapters detail alternative and replacement therapies for opioid. Two morecover special issues in the treatment of women and older patients. Thesecond part reviews the ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy issuessurrounding the treatment of patients with comorbid pain and addiction. Thebook includes strategies for documentation that mitigate the risk of legalissues or ethical boundary crossings. The last part of the book addressestreating comorbid pain and opioid use disorder in different medical settings and thetreatment of co-occurring mental illnesses and substance abuse. Treating Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder in ChronicPain is of great value to psychiatrists, painphysicians, primary care providers, social workers, drug rehabilitationcenters, and other behavioral health professionals. ​
ISBN: 9783319298634Publication Date: 2016
Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches
From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia." Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Integrative section of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about integrative approaches to treating chronic pain. Behavioral dimensions of the experience and management of pain Integrative approaches for treating the "whole person" Legal issues, such as failure to treat pain First-hand patient accounts "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter
ISBN: 9781493918218Publication Date: 2014
Selected Journals
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Opioid Epidemic Key Resourcesain Medicine: Opioids ResearchProvides links to current research and relevant clinical information on opioid related topics including chronic opioid therapy, chronic pain management, opioid prescribing, and opioid misuse.
- JAMA: Opioid Use and AddictionProvides links to the CDC Guideline as well as research articles on treatment , improving outcomes, and clinical management of opioids.
- New England Journal of Medicine: AddictionA source for research reviews, case discussions, editorial commentary about addiction and substance use disorders.