Opioids in cancer pain

There is a great deal of interest in the effective use of opioids for cancer pain due to concerns from both clinicians and patients about addiction. When used correctly, opioids are capable of relieving pain in more than 90% of cancer patients. In reality, patients world-wide continue to endure pain...

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Údair Eile: edited by Mellar Davis; Paul Glare; and Janet Hardy
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Foilsithe: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2005
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Achoimre:There is a great deal of interest in the effective use of opioids for cancer pain due to concerns from both clinicians and patients about addiction. When used correctly, opioids are capable of relieving pain in more than 90% of cancer patients. In reality, patients world-wide continue to endure pain usually due to irrational fears about using them. Fear of addiction is fed by outdated knowledge about opioids and the unintended effects of the war on drugs. However, new research shows that using opioids appropriately for pain management is effective, safe, and has an extremely low potential to produce addiction
Cur Síos Fisiciúil:xi, 337 p.
ill.
25 cm
ISBN:0198529430
9780198529439