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About Therapeutic Guidelines
Getting to know your drugs
Analgesic
    Contributors
    Physiology and pathophysiology of pain
    Getting to know your analgesic drugs
       Analgesics
       Adjuvants/co-analgesics
          NMDA-receptor antagonists
          Tricyclic antidepressants
             Pharmacokinetic properties and relative frequency of common adverse effects of older antidepressants at usual therapeutic doses (Table 8.4)
             Use as analgesic adjuvants
          Antiepileptic drugs
          Antiarrhythmic drugs
          Clonidine
          Corticosteroids
          Bisphosphonates
          Benzodiazepines
          Muscle relaxants
          Anticholinergic drugs
          Calcium channel blockers
       Complementary and alternative medicines
       Off-label or unlicensed use of medicines
    Routes of analgesic and adjuvant administration
    Special problems with opioid use
    Pertinent practical points for analgesics and adjuvants
    Acute pain, chronic pain, and the transition from one to the other
    Clinical assessment of pain
    Nonpharmacological pain management techniques
    Interventional techniques for chronic pain
    The pain clinic
    Perioperative pain
    Procedure-related pain
    Trauma pain
    Burns
    Obstetric pain
    Pain in children
    Special considerations for older people
    Complex regional pain syndromes
    Miscellaneous conditions requiring analgesia
    Legal aspects of prescribing opioids
    Glossary
    List of tables, boxes and figures
    Key references
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