The principles of addiction medicine / Duncan Raistrick -- Substitute prescribing : opioid-specific prescribing / Kim Wolff -- Substitute prescribing : buprenorphine maintenance prescribing / Nick Lintzeris -- Treatment of withdrawal symptoms / Joanna Banbery -- Replacement prescribing / Kim Wolff -- Management of comorbidity / Duncan Raistrick -- Toxicologic issues / Kim Wolff -- Medical aspects of drug abuse / Shoshana Zevin and Neal L. Benowitz -- Emergency management of drug abuse / Brett A. Roth, Neal L. Benowitz, and Kent R. Olson
Summary
"Addiction and the Medical Complications of Drug Abuse" explores the physiological and psychological phenomenon of addiction including the nature of dependence, the dependence potential of drugs, and the importance of motivation. Contributions analyze the
