Novel aspects of pain management : opioids and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sawynok, Jana, 1950-, Cowan, Alan, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley-Liss, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Neurophysiology of acute and chronic pain
  • Animal models of pain
  • Recent advances in the pharmaoclogy of opioids
  • Some new insights into the pharmacology of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Peripherally acting analgesic agents
  • Vanilloids as analgesics
  • Neurokinin antagonists
  • Excitatory amino acid antagonists: potential analgesics for persistent pain
  • Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists as analgesics
  • Serotonin and its receptors in pain control
  • Purines: potential for development as analgesic agents
  • γ-aminobutyric acid and pain
  • Cholinergic agonists as analgesics
  • Dopaminergic drugs as analgesics
  • Tricyclic and other antidepressants
  • Voltage-gated ion channel modulators
  • Spinal drug interactions.