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020 _a9.78142E+12
060 _aWM 270
_b.W35 2008
100 _aWalker, IDA.
245 0 _aPrescription painkillers :
_bPrescription and Dependency /
_cby Ida Walker.
260 _aNew York. :
_bMason Crest Pub.,
_cc2008.
300 _a128 p.
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aThe 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.
650 _aAnalgesics, Opioid
650 _aOpioid-Related Disorders
650 _aPain
700 _aHenningfield, Jack E.
942 _bDIMC
_cBK
999 _c27928
_d27928