Managing chronic pain in an age of addiction /

Managing chronic pain in an age of addiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Purvez, Akhtar.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Chronic pain -- Treatment -- Popular works. Pain -- Treatment. Chronic pain -- Treatment -- Methods. Chronic pain -- Complications -- Methods. Pain Management -- methods Chronic Pain -- drug therapy Chronic Pain -- complications Analgesics, Opioid -- adverse effects Opioid-Related Disorders -- prevention & control Behavior, Addictive -- prevention & control Chronic pain -- Treatment. Pain -- Treatment. Electronic books. Methods (Music) Popular works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13455542

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Other authors / contributors:	Rowlingson, John, MD.
ISBN:	9781538109243 1538109247 9781538109236 1538109239
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2019).
Summary:	Chronic pain is challenging to treat in the face of an ongoing opioid crisis. Akhtar Purvez's authoritative account of pain management explores the complex and competing factors involved. He discusses approaches including advanced interventional procedures, non-opioid medications, physical therapy, and behavioral and psychologic support.
Other form:	Print version: Purvez, Akhtar. Managing chronic pain in an age of addiction. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538109236
Standard no.:	YBP15625610

Table of Contents:

Medications that relieve pain : and kill
The opioid epidemic that is killing us
On addiction management
The mystery of pain
The complex nature of chronic pain
The culture of pain
The stigma of pain
Sad but true : chronic pain and depression
Obesity and chronic pain
Finding the right specialist
Searching for the cause of pain
Fibromyalgia becomes real
Other pain conditions
Getting moving : exercise and physical therapy
Interventional pain management
Alternative management options
Marijuana : the mystery drug
Pain in the court room
Co-existing with pain
Toward a pain-free future.