Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction
by Patrick Kintz, Pascal Kintz (Editor), Pierre Marquet
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLCPages: 168
Hardcover
ISBN: 9781588290311
Overview of Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction
In Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction, participating physicians and toxicologists summarize and evaluate their experiences with five years of intensive buprenorphine therapy. They cover all aspects of its use, including the pharmacology, conditions of delivery, risks from use with other psychoactive drugs, toxicology and related deaths, as well as its testing in blood, urine, tissue, and hair. Special attention is given to comparing the long-term care of opiate-dependent patients using high-dose buprenorphine vs methadone, and to explaining the differences in treatment, administration, and delivery. The authors also describe how buprenorphine is currently prescribed and monitored in France and Australia, and review all the latest advances in analytical techniques for the determination of buprenorphine and its metabolites in biological fluids and tissues.
Synopsis of Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction
In Buprenorphine Therapy of Opiate Addiction, participating physicians and toxicologists summarize and evaluate their experiences with five years of intensive buprenorphine therapy. They cover all aspects of its use, including the pharmacology, conditions of delivery, risks from use with other psychoactive drugs, toxicology and related deaths, as well as its testing in blood, urine, tissue, and hair. Special attention is given to comparing the long-term care of opiate-dependent patients using high-dose buprenorphine vs methadone, and to explaining the differences in treatment, administration, and delivery. The authors also describe how buprenorphine is currently prescribed and monitored in France and Australia, and review all the latest advances in analytical techniques for the determination of buprenorphine and its metabolites in biological fluids and tissues.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Raj Tummala, MD(Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)
Description:This is a very interesting new book on buprenorphine therapy of opiate addiction that has enlisted the expertise of various authorities from the field in France.
Purpose:The purpose is to review the use of buprenorphine both in theory and practice in the treatment of opiate addiction. It describes buprenorphine in great detail and compares and contrasts it with methadone. This is a very useful and timely book in addiction medicine and the book largely meets its overall objective.
Audience:This book is targeted towards students, clinicians, researchers, and forensic specialists who deal with any form of opiate addiction. The authors and contributors are very solid and credible in their respective areas.
Features:This book details the use of buprenorphine with its risks and benefits. It draws extensively from available studies and literature, which are listed very clearly in tables. Some of the appendixes are especially useful for quick references.
Assessment:This is a very useful and easy to read book. It details the use of buprenorphine therapy as an alternate to methadone treatment. It also details the analytical advances in testing for buprenorphines. The book describes buprenorphine's pharmacology and current prescription practices in France. It also discusses the use of buprenorphine in various scenarios including in pregnant addicts, and provides a source of knowledge for everyone working in addiction medicine.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Raj Tummala, MD(Wyeth Pharmaceuticals)Description: This is a very interesting new book on buprenorphine therapy of opiate addiction that has enlisted the expertise of various authorities from the field in France.
Purpose: The purpose is to review the use of buprenorphine both in theory and practice in the treatment of opiate addiction. It describes buprenorphine in great detail and compares and contrasts it with methadone. This is a very useful and timely book in addiction medicine and the book largely meets its overall objective.
Audience: This book is targeted towards students, clinicians, researchers, and forensic specialists who deal with any form of opiate addiction. The authors and contributors are very solid and credible in their respective areas.
Features: This book details the use of buprenorphine with its risks and benefits. It draws extensively from available studies and literature, which are listed very clearly in tables. Some of the appendixes are especially useful for quick references.
Assessment: This is a very useful and easy to read book. It details the use of buprenorphine therapy as an alternate to methadone treatment. It also details the analytical advances in testing for buprenorphines. The book describes buprenorphine's pharmacology and current prescription practices in France. It also discusses the use of buprenorphine in various scenarios including in pregnant addicts, and provides a source of knowledge for everyone working in addiction medicine.
From The Critics
Buprenorphine is a semi-synthetic opioid derivative closely related to morphine, and is obtained from thebaine after a seven-step chemical procedure. For two decades it has been used to treat moderate to severe pain and as an anesthetic, but has recently caught the attention of the drug addiction industry and is widely available on the black market as well as in treatment centers. Pharmacologists and other specialists, most from France, where some 70,000 heroin addicts are currently treated with the drug, provide a broad reference on its use in addiction treatment by reviewing the pharmacology, controlled studies, clinical observations and experience, drug delivery, analytical challenges, and postmortem forensic toxicology. The index is emaciated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)4 Stars! from Doody
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