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Prescription painkillers : Prescription and Dependency / by Ida Walker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York. : Mason Crest Pub., c2008.Description: 128 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9.78142E+12
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 270
Contents:
The current problem -- The history of opioids -- Early regulation and treatment -- The background and characteristics of prescription opioid users -- Characteristics of abuse and dependence -- How opioids are abused -- Opioid pharmacology and the individual opioids -- The oxycontin story -- Twelve step programs for opioid abuse -- Treatment of prescription opioid addiction.
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Books Dow International Medical College Dow International Medical College WM 270 .W35 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00001645

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The current problem -- The history of opioids -- Early regulation and treatment -- The background and characteristics of prescription opioid users -- Characteristics of abuse and dependence -- How opioids are abused -- Opioid pharmacology and the individual opioids -- The oxycontin story -- Twelve step programs for opioid abuse -- Treatment of prescription opioid addiction.

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