Opioid Dependence

Heath McAnally, MD, MSPHMedical DirectorNorthern Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, LLCEagle River, AK, USA  Clinical InstructorUniversity of Washington School of MedicineWWAMI ProgramAnchorage, AK, USA

• An Epidemiologic Perspective.- Understanding the Agent, Part I: Opioid Biology and Basic Pharmacology.- Understanding the Agent, Part II: Adverse Effects.- Understanding the Agent, Part III: Specific Drugs.- Attenuating the Agent: Reducing Opioid “Virulence”.- Best Practices Education, Part I: Pain Physiology, Psychology, and Alternatives to Opioids .- Best Practices Education, Part II : Evidence for and against Opioid Therapy.- Best Practices Education, Part III: Regulatory and Advisory Issues Related to Opioid Therapy for Pain.- Addressing Host Factors: Overview of Dependence and Addiction.- Opioid Dependence Risk Factors and Risk Assessment.- Addressing Host Factors: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Opioid Dependence.- Conclusion.

“The book is intended for all healthcare professionals, specifically prescribers including physicians, nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses, and residents who treat patients with acute and chronic pain. It is also appropriate for nonprescribers and trainees in healthcare settings managing these patient populations. … This book covers the increasingly problematic opiate abuse problem from an epidemiological perspective.” (Michael Easton, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2018)“This is quite of an intro into mind puzzling theme as opioid dependence which caught attention of all medical professionals prescribing opioid medications. … I would like to conclude that authors gave great insight into scientificviews of opioid dependence and medication assisted therapy but emphasized that it requires much more than this for accomplishing recovery from opioid dependence.” (Marijana Batković, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 53 (2). 2017)