Pain Management (eBook)

Gary McCleane, Consultant in Pain Management, Rampark Pain Centre, Lurgan, Northern Ireland, UK

Foreword.

1 Introduction.

2 Conventional Pain Treatment.

3 Using Drugs Outside Their Licensed Indication.

Part 1.

4 Topical Nitrates.

5 Topical Tricyclic Antidepressants.

6 Topical Opioids.

7 Topical Local Anesthetics.

8 Topical Glutamate Receptor Antagonists.

9 Topical, Oral, and Perineural-Adrenoreceptor Agonists.

10 Lamotrigine.

11 5HT3 Antagonists.

12 Cholecystokinin Antagonists.

13 Parenteral Anti-epileptics.

14 Intravenous Lidocaine.

15 L-Carnitine.

16 Other Pharmacological Options (Botulinum, Cimetidine,
Glucosamine).

Part 2.

17 Neuropathic Pain.

18 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

19 Joint Pain.

20 Fracture Pain.

21 Postoperative Pain.

22 Fibromyalgia.

23 Muscle Spasm and Pain.

24 Tendinopathies.

25 Low Back Pain.

26 Cancer Pain.

Appendix: Suggested Doses and Modes of Administration of Novel
Pharmacological Options.

Index.

"The author is clearly an expert in all of the topics covered in the book. It is one of the few books that offers a well informed, thoughtful discussion of the off-label use of a wide variety of drugs in the treatment of pain and is a valuable addition to the literature. This is a terrific quick reference that should be readily available in any clinic where patients with pain are managed." (Doody's Book Reviews, November 2008)