The essence of analgesia and analgesics

• Other Authors: Sinatra, Raymond S. (Editor), Jahr, Jonathan S. (Editor), Watkins-Pitchford, J. Michael (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
• Subjects: Analgesics; Analgesia
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"The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics is an invaluable practical resource for clinicians giving pain relief in any clinical setting, describing the pharmacologic principles and clinical use of all available pain medications. As well as detailed overviews of pain processing and analgesic theo...

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• Machine generated contents note: Part I. Pain Definitions; Part II. Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics; Part III. Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics; Part IV. NSAIDs; Part V. Local Anesthetics; Part VI. Anticonvulsant Type Analgesics; Part VII. NMDA Antagonists; Part VIII. Alpha Adrenergic Analgesics; Part IX. Antidepressant Analgesics; Part X. Muscle Relaxants; Part XI. Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics; Part XII. New and Emerging Analgesics.