PAIN DRUGS HANDBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Author
About the Handbook
Acknowledgments
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DRUGS (Alphabetical Order)

TOPICAL AGENTS

Amitriptyline
Baclofen
Clonidine
Cyclobenzaprine
2-deoxy-d-glucose
Dexamethasone
Dextromethorphan
Diclofenac
Doxepin
DMSO
Gabapentin
Ketamine
Ketoprofen

NEUROLYTIC AGENT

Phenol

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: World Health Organization
Three-step Ladder
Appendix 2: Drug Tables
Appendix 3: Infusion Tables
Appendix 4: Relative Potencies of
Opioids Effects
Appendix 5: Relative Potencies of Steroids
Appendix 6: Intravenous PCA
Standard Orders
Appendix 7: Patient Controlled Analgesia Flow Sheet
Appendix 8: Relative Potencies of Opioids
Appendix 9: Epidural Analgesia Monitoring Orders
Appendix 10: Pain Rating Scales
Appendix 11: Multiplication Factors for Converting the Daily Dose of a Prior Opioid to the Daily Dose of Oxycontin
Appendix 12: CPR Algorithms
Appendix 13: Pediatric CPR Algorithms
Appendix 14: Trade Name Table

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Pain is interwoven in the fabric of life. In one form or the other and at some time or another, we shall all experience pain. Yet, one of medicine?s great paradoxes is the undertreatment of pain. Recent statistics show that 70% or more of patients do not receive adequate treatment for their pain. Biases, myths, unreasonable fear of drug addiction and lack of knowledge on the part of health care professionals constitute a barrier to effective pain control.

Nothing tries the human soul so much as pain. Unrelieved pain produces unnecessary suffering that is harmful to physical and psychological well being. Inadequate treatment of pain slows the healing process, lengthens hospital stays and increases the size of medical bills.

The Pain Drug Handbook is a compilation of drugs used singly or in combination with other drugs and techniques, in the management of acute, chronic and cancer pain. Also included are therapeutic guidelines for various pain syndromes and a tradename list for rapid retrieval of generic drug names.

Familiarity with the pharmacology of these drugs used singly or in combination will enable better treatment of pain and improvement in the quality of life.

This knowledge should complement other efforts at treating the whole person and relieving the stresses in life, which compound the illnesses and malignancies that produce pain.

For many patients, this book comes too late. For millions more, it is my hope that this book shall be a beacon of light in the darkness of their pain and suffering.

Sota Omoigui M.D.
October 1994

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Every effort has been made to ensure that the drug dosage schedules herein are accurate and in accord with the standards accepted at the time of publication. As new research and experience broaden our knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy occur. The medications described do not necessarily have specific approval by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the situations and the dosages for which they are recommended. This information is advisory only. The package insert should be consulted for use and dosage as approved by the FDA, for any changes in indications and dosages and for added warnings and precautions. The ultimate responsibility lies with the prescribing physician.

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