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Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy

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Editors:
  1. Ricardo A. Cruciani

    1. , Dept of Pain Med and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. Helena Knotkova

    1. , Dept of Pain Mgmt and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA

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  • An essential guide to the safe use of methadone and buprenorphine
  • Comprehensive resource for clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and academicians
  • Written by clinical and academic leaders from a variety of settings and backgrounds

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Methadone and buprenorphine are the only two opioids that are indicated for the management of both pain and opioid-related drug addiction. Both present unique challenges to the general practitioner and pain specialist, requiring a separate analysis from the rest of the drugs in the same family.

Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy is an invaluable guide to the safe use of these opioids. Authored by clinical and academic leaders from a variety of settings and backgrounds, this book includes chapters on pharmacology, adverse effects, safe rotation from other opioids, cardiac toxicity, prescribing, pharmacokinetics, equianalgesic dose and replacement therapy.

This comprehensive text provides clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and academicians a resource for all the relevant points in methadone prescribing and buprenorphine therapy.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Prescribing Methadone Safely

    • Eliezer Soto, Joy Hao, Helena Knotkova, Ricardo A. Cruciani
    Pages 1-14

  3. Use of Methadone in Opioid Maintenance Treatment

    • Randy M. Seewald
    Pages 15-30

  4. Treating Pain in Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance for Opioid Dependence

    • Daniel P. Alford, Declan T. Barry, David A. Fiellin
    Pages 31-37

  5. Methadone Side Effects: Constipation, Respiratory Depression, Sedation, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and the Endocrine System

    • Lynn R. Webster
    Pages 39-49

  6. Cardiovascular Effects of Methadone

    • Miguel A. Leal, Craig T. January
    Pages 51-58

  7. Methadone Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics

    • Gavin Bart, Sharon L. Walsh
    Pages 59-72

  8. Methadone and Opioid Rotation

    • Helena Knotkova, Ricardo A. Cruciani, Perry G. Fine
    Pages 73-80

  9. Intravenous Use of Methadone: Efficacy and Safety

    • Sebastiano Mercadante
    Pages 81-89

  10. Methadone Hyperalgesia

    • Peggy Compton
    Pages 91-107

  11. Buprenorphine Analgesia in Chronic Pain

    • Guy Hans
    Pages 109-137

  12. Buprenorphine in Maintenance Therapy

    • Karran A. Phillips, Kenzie L. Preston
    Pages 139-162

  13. Buprenorphine Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics

    • Sharon L. Walsh, Lisa S. Middleton
    Pages 163-181

  14. Buprenorphine Metabolism and Drug–Drug Interactions

    • Robert Taylor Jr., Robert B. Raffa, Joseph V. Pergolizzi Jr.
    Pages 183-200

  15. Buprenorphine: Side Effects and Tolerability

    • Tabitha Washington, Gilbert J. Fanciullo
    Pages 201-211

  16. Buprenorphine and Opioid Rotation

    • Douglas L. Gourlay, Howard A. Heit
    Pages 213-228

  17. Methadone and Buprenorphine Use During the Perinatal Period

    • Alice Ordean
    Pages 229-240

  18. Methadone and Buprenorphine Prescribing in the Palliative Care Population

    • Shalini Dalal, Eduardo Bruera
    Pages 241-261

  19. Methadone Prescribing in the Sickle Cell Patient

    • Wally R. Smith, Abdulkhaliq J. Alsalman
    Pages 263-276

  20. Methadone and Buprenorphine Analgesia in Older Patients

    • David Lussier
    Pages 277-288
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Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept of Pain Med and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA

    Ricardo A. Cruciani

  • , Dept of Pain Mgmt and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA

    Helena Knotkova

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy

  • Editors: Ricardo A. Cruciani, Helena Knotkova

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6974-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6973-5Published: 07 May 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1042-7Published: 16 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6974-2Published: 08 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 298

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pain Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Oncology

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