Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy
Editors: Cruciani, Ricardo A., Knotkova, Helena (Eds.)
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- 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.
- Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Prescribing Methadone Safely
Pages 1-14
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Use of Methadone in Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Pages 15-30
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Treating Pain in Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance for Opioid Dependence
Pages 31-37
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Methadone Side Effects: Constipation, Respiratory Depression, Sedation, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and the Endocrine System
Pages 39-49
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Cardiovascular Effects of Methadone
Pages 51-58
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy
- Editors
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- Ricardo A. Cruciani
- Helena Knotkova
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-6974-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-6974-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-6973-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-1042-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 298
- Number of Illustrations
- 12 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
- Topics