Pain Management (eBook)

Expanding the Pharmacological Options

Gary McCleane (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2009 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0080-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Conventional pharmaceutical approaches to pain management are not
always successful. Using only those medications that have an
official indication for a certain condition reduces
substantially the chance of the patient gaining pain relief and may
expose them to intolerable side effects. However evidence now
exists on the use of other drugs, produced for non-pain conditions,
and how they can substantially increase the chances of pain relief.

Covering the most recent developments in this field, McCleane
offers an alternative solution to pain treatment when conventional
treatments fail. This pioneering book proposes evidence-based
alternatives to current options in pain management, using
well-grounded rationales for each given treatment.

This book is an ideal reference for the specialist and
non-specialist prescriber alike and for practitioners from a wide
variety of disciplines. It provides the evidence required and
treatment algorithms for readers to use the drugs appropriately and
to explore the field if they wish.

Autor

Gary McCleane, Consultant in Pain Management, Rampark Pain Centre, Lurgan, Northern Ireland, UK

Inhalt

Foreword.

1 Introduction.

2 Conventional Pain Treatment.

3 Using Drugs Outside Their Licensed Indication.

Part 1.

4 Topical Nitrates.

5 Topical Tricyclic Antidepressants.

6 Topical Opioids.

7 Topical Local Anesthetics.

8 Topical Glutamate Receptor Antagonists.

9 Topical, Oral, and Perineural-Adrenoreceptor Agonists.

10 Lamotrigine.

11 5HT3 Antagonists.

12 Cholecystokinin Antagonists.

13 Parenteral Anti-epileptics.

14 Intravenous Lidocaine.

15 L-Carnitine.

16 Other Pharmacological Options (Botulinum, Cimetidine,
Glucosamine).

Part 2.

17 Neuropathic Pain.

18 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

19 Joint Pain.

20 Fracture Pain.

21 Postoperative Pain.

22 Fibromyalgia.

23 Muscle Spasm and Pain.

24 Tendinopathies.

25 Low Back Pain.

26 Cancer Pain.

Appendix: Suggested Doses and Modes of Administration of Novel
Pharmacological Options.

Index.

Rezensionen

"The author is clearly an expert in all of the topics covered in the book. It is one of the few books that offers a well informed, thoughtful discussion of the off-label use of a wide variety of drugs in the treatment of pain and is a valuable addition to the literature. This is a terrific quick reference that should be readily available in any clinic where patients with pain are managed." (Doody's Book Reviews, November 2008)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: Medical Science • Medizin • Neurologie • Neurology • Pain Medicine • Pharmakologie • Schmerzmedizin • Schmerztherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0080-6 / 1444300806
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0080-2 / 9781444300802