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Prevention of Opioid Overdose This review explains harm-reduction strategies for three
groups of patients: those who have not received previous opioid therapy, those receiving …

Pain remains a global health challenge. For decades, clinicians have been primarily relying
on μ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for …

Background Due to its unique pharmacologic properties, efficacy as an analgesic, and role
as a first-line medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder, sublingual buprenorphine …

This chapter reviews the basic and clinical pharmacology of intravenous opioids in the
context of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. Unique features of commonly used …

Special age groups (children, adolescents, older adults) have special characteristics when it
comes to pain assessment, pain experience, and pain management. The first objectives of …

Opioids are effective analgesics, but they are often difficult to use properly, due mainly to
adverse events, such as constipation, respiratory depression, addiction, tolerance, and …

While chronic pain is an increasingly prevalent condition in the United States, it is twice as
common among the military veteran population. As many Vietnam War era veterans are …

Créé en 1964, l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm) est un
établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique sous la tutelle du ministère de …

The aim of this chapter is to review behavioural approaches to managing substance-related
gastrointestinal (GI) problems, with an emphasis on opioids and cannabis. The chapter …