PDF Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain A Guide for Practitioners 9780962481482 Medicine Health Science Books

Product details Paperback 202 pages Publisher Sunrise River Press; 1st edition (June 1, 2007) Language English ISBN-10 0962481483

Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain A Guide for Practitioners 9780962481482 Medicine Health Science Books Reviews

• A good, practical and necessary book to guide those who prescribe opioids for chronic pain.
• As a physician who has practiced more than a small amount in the area of pain managment I highly recommend this book. Espically to the resident or new primary care physician who may not be studying pain managment specifically but needs to understand proper legal documentation, consent and patters that will trigger or get you jammed up in an audit.
• After reading this book, the lead physician ordered 8 so that each of our 4 locations could have a couple ready reference copies.
• According to Dr. Steven D. Passik, PhD from Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, "this work brings it all together for the practitioner, on the ground, in the clinic, taking care of the complex people in this world with chronic pain. This book provides a know-how to do it safely, avoiding contributing to drug abuse and diversion." As a former Representative and District Manager for a company that promotes a chronic pain medication, I believe that "Avoiding Opioid Abuse, While Managing Pain" is a book that should be read and utilized by all those faced with the challenge of treating pain. It touches on issues that clinicians struggle with every day, such as legal issues involved with opioid prescribing, risk factors for opioid abuse and clarifying terms like tolerance, physical dependence, abuse and addiction. Dr. Webster presents the reader with tools which help to assess patients that may be at risk for opioid abuse such as ORT "Opioids Risk Tool" or SOAPP. He also provides insights into how to monitor patients to minimize opioid abuse by looking at outcomes such as pain relief, psychosocial functioning, side effects of treatment, and addiction related outcomes. Chronic Pain is a growing problem and yet in many cases goes undertreated due to fear and a lack of training, and knowledge from those in the trenches treating such patients. This book fills in those gaps of education and training and provides the practitioner with the know-how and confidence needed to tackle the abuse and diversion associated with prescribing opioids and ensure that the same medications are available for the patients who greatly benefit from them. I enjoyed reading this book and believe that it will give all those treating pain the confidence needed to manage such patients and restore some degree of function to their lives.
• I was delighted to receive the book entitled, "Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain". Last night, I stayed up and read through the whole book. It is a masterpiece, especially to the layman. Lynn and Beth are to be commended for this outstanding volume. It will be a valuable resource!