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01-04-2016 | Book and New Media Reviews
David Lussier and Pierre Beaulieu (eds): Adjuvant analgesics
Oxford American Pain Library – Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-989181-8
Author:
Sarika Alisic, MD
Published in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Issue 4/2016
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Excerpt
The practice of pain medicine has evolved to include analgesics from a myriad of pharmacologic classes. As we elucidate the complex pathways involved in pain transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception, the goal is to prescribe analgesics with specific targets. In Adjuvant Analgesics, the editors David Lussier and Pierre Beaulieu aim to summarize the literature and provide guidance on the analgesics with the strongest evidence for current use. …