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Pain Management: Expanding the Pharmacological Options
Gary J. McCleane
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Description for Pain Management: Expanding the Pharmacological Options
Paperback. Conventional pharmaceutical approaches to pain management are not always successful. Using only those medications that have an official indication for a certain condition reduces substantially the chance of the patient gaining pain relief and may expose them to intolerable side effects. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMBP; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358.
Conventional pharmaceutical approaches to pain management are not always successful. Using only those medications that have an official indication for a certain condition reduces substantially the chance of the patient gaining pain relief and may expose them to intolerable side effects. However evidence now exists on the use of other drugs, produced for non-pain conditions, and how they can substantially increase the chances of pain relief.
Conventional pharmaceutical approaches to pain management are not always successful. Using only those medications that have an official indication for a certain condition reduces substantially the chance of the patient gaining pain relief and may expose them to intolerable side effects. However evidence now exists on the use of other drugs, produced for non-pain conditions, and how they can substantially increase the chances of pain relief.
Covering the most recent developments in this field, McCleane offers an alternative solution to pain treatment when conventional treatments fail. This pioneering book proposes evidence-based alternatives to current options in pain management, using ... Read more
This book is an ideal reference for the specialist and non-specialist prescriber alike and for practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines. It provides the evidence required and treatment algorithms for readers to use the drugs appropriately and to explore the field if they wish.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405178235
SKU
V9781405178235
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About Gary J. McCleane
Gary McCleane, Consultant in Pain Management, Rampark Pain Centre, Lurgan, Northern Ireland, UK
Reviews for Pain Management: Expanding the Pharmacological Options
“The author is clearly an expert in all of the topics covered in the book. It is one of the few books that offers a well informed, thoughtful discussion of the off-label use of a wide variety of drugs in the treatment of pain and is a valuable addition to the literature. This is a terrific quick reference that should ... Read more