Purvez, Akhtar, <br/><br/>
Managaing chronic pain in an age of addiction / 
Akhtar Purvez, MD ; foreword by John Rowlingson, MD 
 - xiv, 199 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Medications that heal, and kill -- The opioid epidemic that is killing us -- On addiction management -- A mystery and a prize -- Complex nature of chronic pain -- Culture of pain -- The stigma of pain -- Chronic pain and depression -- Obesity and chronic pain -- Finding the right specialist -- Searching for the cause of pain -- Fibromyalgia gets real -- Other pain syndromes -- Getting moving : exercise and physical therapy -- Interventional pain management -- Alternative management options -- Marijuana : the mystery drug -- Pain in the court room -- Co-existing with pain -- Toward a painless future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781538109236 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018012053 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pain Management--methods<br/>Chronic Pain--drug therapy<br/>Chronic Pain--complications<br/>Analgesics, Opioid--adverse effects<br/>Opioid-Related Disorders--prevention & control<br/>Behavior, Addictive--prevention & control
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RB127  / .P887 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616/.0472 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WL 704.6