Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches

1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing.- 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management.- 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-in ammatory 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

From the book reviews:

"The purpose is to provide an evidence-based review of the indications and effectiveness of different drugs used in pain medicine. ... The target audience is chronic pain physicians, but primary care physicians and other medical specialists, particularly rheumatologists, who treat patients with chronic illnesses also will find it most helpful. ... This is a nice effort with good intentions and, overall, it is the most comprehensive book available dedicated solely to the discussion of medical interventions for treating chronic pain." (Tariq M. Malik, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015)

"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." Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

"Although the primary audience is chronic pain physicians and primary care givers, anyone managing patients with chronic pain conditions in their practice will find the book very useful. ... The information is extremely practical and clinically useful...Both the content and the short discussions in each chapter make it a good pain reference for a busy practice." Doody's Book Reviews