Opioids in cancer pain (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The principles of management of pain due to cancer / Karen Forbes -- The range of treatments for pain due to cancer / Peter Hoskin -- The development and efficacy of the WHO analgesic ladder / Augusto Caraceni, Stefan Grond -- Opioid receptors / Catherine E. Urch -- Starting opioids for moderate to severe pain : talking to the patient / Karen Forbes, Colette Reid -- Principles of opioid titration / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell -- Management of adverse effects / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell -- Morphine / Marie Fallon, Sandra McConnell -- Oxycodone / Collette Reid, Eija Kalso -- Hydromorphone / Naeem Ahmed, Catherine E. Urch -- Methadone / Matt Makin -- Other alternative oral opioids / Matt Makin -- Transdermal opioids / Luke Feathers, Christina Faull -- Other routes of opioid administration / Giovambattista Zeppetella -- Spinal opioids / Karen H. Simpson, Ganesan Baranidharan -- Parenteral opioids / Jeremy R. Johnson -- Opioids in special circumstances / Fliss Murtagh, Polly Edmonds, Chris Farnham -- Appendix : dose converting when switching from oral morphine to transdermal fentanyl