Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches, 2015 the AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management

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." 

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Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Medical 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 medical approaches to treating chronic pain.

• Clinically focused resource on the medical management of chronic pain
• Leading edge topics, such as monitoring opioid use and abuse, the emerging role of cannabinoids in pain treatment, and the systems involved in nociceptive processing systems
• "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter

1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing.- 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management.- 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs.- 4. The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain.- 6. NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain.- 7. Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain.- 8. Topical Analgesics.- 9. Sleep Aids.- 10. Clinical Use of Opioids.- 11. Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism.- 12. Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient.- 13. Opioids and the Law.- 14. Methadone for Chronic Pain.- 15. Toxicology Screening for Opioids.- 16. Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm.- 17. Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction.- 18. Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management.- 19. The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy.

Timothy S. Deer, MD

Editor-in-Chief

President and CEO

The Center for Pain Relief

Charleston, WV USA

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Charleston, WV USA

Michael S. Leong, MD

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Clinic Chief

Stanford Pain Management Center

Redwood City, CA USA

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Anesthesiology

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA USA

Vitaly Gordin, MD

Associate Editor, Medical Approaches

Associate Professor

Associate Vice Chair of Pain Management

Department of Anesthesiology

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Hershey, PA USA

Director, Pain Medicine

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, PA USA