Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain: History, Policy, and Treatment

Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain: History, Policy, and Treatment

Edited by John F. Peppin, Kelly K. Dineen, Adam J. Ruggles, and John J. Coleman

Abstract

Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain provides an interdisciplinary overview of medications used to treat chronic pain, and the benefits and risks that are posed by long-term use of opioids. Use of these life-saving medications must be carefully managed to prevent serious side effects, which may include physical dependence, addiction, and even death. In recent years, the risk of these side effects has led to increased attention on the development of alternative treatments for chronic pain. This book not only offers a single, comprehensive source for understanding the specialized nature of the opioid crisis, but also addresses provocative topics including how pain drugs came to be regulated by the US government and the rarely discussed aggressive marketing behind the spread of these drugs. Chapters are written by expert contributors from diverse backgrounds in medicine, psychiatry, pharmacy, nursing, law, and bioethics. Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain is a must-read for healthcare professionals, chronic pain patients and caregivers, policymakers and regulatory officials, drug treatment providers, and those in the pharmaceutical industry seeking to address the current opioid crisis.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jul 2018

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199981830

Published online:: Aug 2018

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199981830.001.0001

Authors

John F. Peppin, editor Center for Bioethics, Pain Management and Medicine

Kelly K. Dineen, editor Assistant Professor of Law, Creighton University School of Law, NJ

Adam J. Ruggles, editor Attorney and bioethicist, Evansville, IN

John J. Coleman, editor Founder and President (retired), Prescription Drug Research Center

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Front Matter
Chapter 1 Opioid Medications: Old Wine in New BottlesTimothy Atkinson, John J. Coleman, and Jeffrey Fudin
Chapter 2 Legal Regulation of Prescription Opioids and PrescribersKelly K. Dineen and Adam J. Ruggles
Chapter 3 Monitoring Prescriptions, Third-Party Healthcare Payers, Prescription Benefit Managers, and Private-Sector Policy OptionsJohn J. Coleman
Chapter 4 Whatever Happened to the Decade of Pain Control and Research?John J. Coleman
Chapter 5 Evaluation and Treatment of the Chronic Pain Patient: Practice and ComplexityJohn F. Peppin, Pravardhan Birthi, Bill H. McCarberg, and Yvonne D’Arcy
Chapter 6 An Overview of the Abuse Potential of Nonopioids: Sedatives, Hypnotics, and StimulantsChristopher M. Herndon and Kelly N. Gable
Chapter 7 Psychiatry and Chronic Pain: An Associative ConnectionHani Raoul Khouzam
Chapter 8 Managing Pain in Patients with a History of a Substance Use Disorder: Challenges and OpportunitiesMartin D. Cheatle
Chapter 9 Opioid Prescribing in Stigmatized and Special PopulationsKelly K. Dineen
Chapter 10 The Demise of Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management and Its Relationship to the Scourge of Prescription Opioid Diversion and AbuseMichael E. Schatman
Chapter 11 Pain Management Assessment Beyond the Physician Encounter: Urine Drug Monitoring and Patient AgreementsAnand C. Thakur
End Matter
- Epilogue
- Index

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Prescription Drug Diversion and Pain: History, Policy, and Treatment

Edited by John F. Peppin, Kelly K. Dineen, Adam J. Ruggles, and John J. Coleman

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