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