TY - BOOK AU - Walker, IDA. AU - Henningfield, Jack E. TI - Prescription painkillers: Prescription and Dependency SN - 9.78142E+12 PY - 2008/// CY - New York. PB - Mason Crest Pub. KW - Analgesics, Opioid KW - Opioid-Related Disorders KW - Pain N1 - 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 ER -