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Over the last several decades opioid treatment for chronic pain has become increasingly popular. From the sense that chronic pain had previously been undertreated, to drug companies anxious to sell new ""designer"" opioids, usage has increased several-fold. In its unfortunate his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ballantyne, Jane, 1948-, Tauben, David J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Opioids > Therapeutic use.
Chronic pain > Chemotherapy.
Analgesics.
Pain medicine.
Opioid abuse > Prevention.
Diagnosis, Differential.
Analgesics, Opioid > therapeutic use
Chronic Pain > drug therapy
Chronic Disease > drug therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Pain Management > methods
Analgesics
Opioïdes > Emploi en thérapeutique.
Douleur chronique > Chimiothérapie.
Analgésiques.
Médecine de la douleur.
Diagnostics différentiels.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pain Management.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
Opioids > Therapeutic use
Pain medicine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Over the last several decades opioid treatment for chronic pain has become increasingly popular. From the sense that chronic pain had previously been undertreated, to drug companies anxious to sell new ""designer"" opioids, usage has increased several-fold. In its unfortunate history non-specialists were persuaded to prescribe opioids before they could possibly understand the complexity of the treatment. So great were the pressures to prescribe, opioids were prescribed indiscriminately. It became almost impossible to deny opioids without seeming inhumane
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 145 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199978229
0199978220
0199352895
9780199352890

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