Description
This comprehensive guide covers prescribing controlled substances for patients with acute or chronic pain and provides a balanced discussion on appropriate treatment, addiction, safety and complications. Chapters feature evidence-based strategies and clinical modalities that address diagnostic challenges, treatment guidance, alternatives to opioid management and the significant legal risks within the current regulatory environment. Authored by leaders in pain medicine, physicians and appropriate health care professionals will find Controlled Substance Management in Chronic Pain to be an indispensable resource. Peter S. Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP ABIPP President, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Johns Hopkins University Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Department of Oncology Premier Pain Centers Shrewsbury, NJ Sanford M. Silverman, MD, DABPM, DABAM CEO and Medical Director of Comprehensive Pain Medicine, Pompano Beach, FLDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Department of Surgery, Boca Raton Regional Hospital Department of Surgery, Broward North Medical Center
