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Mellar Davis ,Paul Glare ,Janet HArdy

Opioids in cancer pain / edited by Mellar Davis, Paul Glare, and Janet Hardy. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xi, 337 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Opioid receptors and opioid pharmacodynamics / Mellar Davis & Gavril Pasternak -- Opioid pharmacokinetics / Kenneth Jackson II -- Codeine / Janet Hardy -- Hydrocodone / Mellar Davis -- Tramadol / Mellar Davis -- Dextroproxyphene / Paul Glare -- Morphine / Paul Glare -- Hydromorphone / Paul Glare -- Oxycodone / Mellar Davis -- The lipophilic opioids / Tony Hall & Janet Hardy -- Methadone / Mellar Davis -- Levodrophanol / Mellar Davis -- Diamorphine / Janet Hardy -- Oxymorphone / Paul Glare -- Choice of opioids and WHO ladder / Paul Glare -- Opioid rotation / Janet Hardy -- Opioids equianalgesia / Mellar Davis -- Opioid dosing strategies / Janet Hardy, Paul Glare & Mellar Davis -- Patient controlled analgesia / Mellar Davis -- Spinal opioids in cancer pain / Mellar Davis -- Opioid-resistant pain / Mellar Davis.

ISBN: 9780198529439 (hardback : alk. paper) 0198529430 : £49.95

LCCN: 2005015871

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA518033 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cancer pain.
Cancer--Chemotherapy.
Opioids--Therapeutic use.
Analgesics, Opioid--therapeutic use.
Neoplasms--drug therapy.
Pain--drug therapy.

LC Class. No.: RC262 / .O65 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 616.994 / cut D27C1

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QV 89 / O6185 2005