1st Edition

Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia

Edited By Jianren Mao Copyright 2009
    208 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    208 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The first clinically focused text dedicated to the newly emerging area of pain medicine known as opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH), Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia provides pain specialists, anesthesiologists, and neurologists with the most current, cutting-edge research and therapeutic options for treating OIH patients. It supplies best practice guidelines for the effective assessment, diagnosis, and management of OIH—need-to-know information clinicians trust and can use in their practice.

    Organized to provide the information quickly and easily, the book includes dosage recommendations to help minimize the likelihood and/or delay onset of hyperglasia and covers management approaches such as opioid rotation and tapering, provide clinicians with alternative methods for treating OIH's difficult, persistent, and varied problems.

    Overview on Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia
    Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Morphine Analgesic Tolerance and Hyperalgesia
    Overview on Clinical Features of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia
    Clinical Assessment Tools: Quantitative Sensory Testing
    Opioid Tolerance, Dependence, and Hyperalgesia
    Challenging Clinical Issues on the Interaction Between Addiction and Hyperalgesia
    Practical Management of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in the Primary Care Setting
    Managing Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in the Perioperative Period
    Role of Ketamine in Managing Opioid-InducedHyperalgesia
    Role of Opioid Rotation and Tapering in Managing Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia
    Clinical Implications of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia

    Biography

    Jianren Mao