Methadone Treatment News
Journal of Opioid ManagementThe Journal of Opioid Management has been launched to assist doctors in the proper and adequate prescription of opioids. The journal will include coverage of such topics as dosages and types of opioids, routes, and intervals; patient expectations and reactions to opioid treatment; ten points of practical use of opioids; seven sins that physicians commit when prescribing opioids; value of adjuvant analgesics; legal/ethical issues and the ongoing regulatory environment; and addiction.
Designed to meet the challenge faced by medical professionals as they prescribe opioids, increasingly powerful, quality-of-life enhancing painkillers, Journal of Opioid Management fills what's been called "a dangerous gap" in medical literature at a time when the Federal spotlight has been switched on to the rising problem of abuse and addiction tied to these prescription painkillers.
With an editorial staff and review board of the country's leading experts in the field, under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Robert E. Enck, MD, Journal of Opioid Management addresses all aspects of the use and safe management of opioids. It provides guidance to physicians and healthcare professionals on how to safely prescribe and responsibly manage these drugs. And because there are legal ramifications, a team of defense and prosecution attorneys discuss in depth both sides of the abuse issue from a legal standpoint.
Journal of Opioid Management includes comprehensive coverage of such topics as:
Dosages and types of opioids, routes and intervals
Patient profiles and interaction with opioids
Seven sins that physicians commit when prescribing opioids
Value of adjuvant analgesics
Legal issues and the ongoing regulatory environment
How and where to get help
Source: www.jointogether.org |
