TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Etiology of Pain
Types of Pain
Assessment of Pain
Drug Treatment
Analgesic Drugs for Cancer Pain Treatment
General Principles
Analgesic Medications
Opioid Analgesics
Routes of Administration
Opioid Side Effects
Opioid Tolerance and Dependence
Co-Analgesic (Adjuvant) Drugs
Psychological and Psychiatric Techniques
Psychosocial Interventions
Psychological Considerations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychotropic Drugs
Suggested Reading
FIGURES
1.
Algorithm for Pharmacologic Management
TABLES
I.
Clinical Features of Neuropathic Pain
II.
Equianalgesic Doses for Converting Morphine to Transdermal Fentanyl
III.
Methods for Converting Other Opioids To Equianalgesic Dose of Morphine
IV.
Oral and Parenteral Narcotic Analgesic Dose Equivalances And Relative Potency of Drugs As Compared With 10mg Morphine I.M. For Treatment of Severe Pain
V.
Milk And Molasses Enema Instructions
VI.
Nonopioid Analgesics For Treatment of Mild To Moderate Pain
VII.
The Use of Weak Opioids for the Treatment of Moderate Pain
VIII.
The Use of Strong Opioids for the Treatment of Severe Pain
IX.
Adjuvant Analgesics
X.
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents
APPENDICES
A.
Pain Scales
B.
Daily Pain Diary
C.
Intractable Pain Treatment Act
D.
Amendment to the Intractable Pain Treatment Act
E.
Board Rules: Authority of Physician to Prescribe for the Treatment of Pain
F.
A Bill of Rights for People with Cancer Pain
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