Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome

· CRC Press
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290
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About this ebook

How can medical professionals take advantage of the valuable effects of opiates while minimizing their most common side effect—opioid bowel syndrome? This groundbreaking book will help physicians in their day-to-day practice and help researchers and educators prepare the next generation of clinicians to make more efficient use of opioids. The Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome presents complete, authoritative, current information on the mechanisms of action of opioids and the management of opioid bowel dysfunction—the number one reason physicians avoid prescribing opioids. Most chapters include charts, tables, and/or illustrations that make complex information about this vexing problem easy to access and understand. All are well-referenced for further study.

About the author

Editor: Chun-Su Yuan, MD, PhD, is the Cyrus Tang Professor in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Since 1994, Dr.Yuan has been conducting clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of a novel peripheral opioid receptor antagonist, methylnaltrexone, for reversing opioid-induced bowel dysfunction. He has published over 150 research papers, including many articles on opioid action and antagonism of opioid side effects.

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