Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches the AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management (Springer New York, 2015)
1. A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing – 2. Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management – 3. Nonsteroidal Anti-inﬂammatory Drugs – 4. The Role of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain – 5. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and "Functional" Pain – 6. NMDA Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Pain – 7. Role of Muscle Relaxants in the Treatment of Pain – 8. Topical Analgesics – 9. Sleep Aids – 10. Clinical Use of Opioids – 11. Opioid Adverse Effects and Opioid-Induced Hypogonadism – 12. Acute Management of the Opioid-Dependent Patient – 13. Opioids and the Law – 14. Methadone for Chronic Pain – 15. Toxicology Screening for Opioids – 16. Monitoring Drug Use and Abuse: The Evolution of a Paradigm – 17. Polypharmacy and Drug Interaction – 18. Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management – 19. The Future of Pain Pharmacotherapy