Opioid Bowel Dysfunction

This groundbreaking book will help physicians in their day-to-day practice and help researchers and academics prepare the next generation of clinicians to make more efficient use of opioids, Opioid Bowel Dysfunction presents complete, authoritative, current information in the mechanisms and action of opioids and the management of opioid bowel dysfunction - the number one reason why physicians avoid prescribing opioids. The book includes charts, tables and illustrations that facilitate an casier understanding of complex information, making this vexing problem accessible and easier to understand. All the chapters in this title are well referenced for further study.