Drugs for Pain

1.Introduction 2.Pathophysiology of Pain 3.Acetaminophen (Bench) 4.Acetaminophen (Bedside) 5.Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Cyclooxygenase-2 Selective Inhibitors 6.A Basic Science Aspect of COX-2 Inhibitors 7.Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: Bedside 8.Opioids (Bench) 9.Clinical Pharmacology of Optoids 10.Optoid Therapy in Chronic Non-Malignant Pain 11.Optoids: Adverse Effects and Their Management 12.Opioid Tolerance and Dependence 13.Treatment of Pain with Anticonvulsants: A Basic Science Approach 14.Anticonvulsant Drugs in the Treatment of Chronic Pain States 15.Antiepileptic Drugs and Pain 16.COX-2 Agonists (Bench) 17.COX-2 Agonists (Bedside) 18.Antidepressants: Basic Mechanisms and Pharmacology 19.Antidepressants: Clinical Management 20.Glutamate Receptor Antagonists 21.Cholecystokinin as an Endogenous Mediator of Optoid-Induced Paradoxial Pain and Antinociceptive Tolerance 22.Cholecystokinin Receptor Antagonists 23.Miscellaneous Analgesic 24.Novel Routes of Analgesic Administration 25.Synergistic Epidural Analgesia 26.Spinal Analgesics 27.Clinical Applications of Spinal Anesthesia 28.A Peripheral Basis for Neuropathic Pain 29.Analgesics in the Periphery 30.Peripheral Opioid Analgesia 31.Topical Analgesic Drugs 32.Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in Pain Perception: Implications for Treatment 33.A Potpourri of Potential Targets for Analgesia 34.Analgesic Use in Acute Pain Management 35.Potential Analgesic Interactions 36.Basic Pharmacotherapeutics of Migraine 37.Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics of Headache 38.Novel Analgesic Approaches to Painful Bone Metastases 39.Assessing Analgesic Therapeutic Outcomes