Managing Cancer Breakthrough Pain

• Main Author: Taylor, Donald R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Pain Medicine.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Managing Cancer Breakthrough Pain is a comprehensive review of cancer breakthrough pain (cBTP) and rapid-onset opioids (ROO), the only treatment approved for cBTP episodes. The book was originally commissioned due to the current rapid growth of the ROO market and the epidemic of ROO abuse. This book...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• What is cancer breakthrough pain?
• Medications for cancer breakthrough pain
• Practical approach to the management of cancer breakthrough pain
• Abuse, aberrant drug behavior, diversion, and addiction
• TIRF REMS Access program
• Summary.