Opioids and pain relief : a historical perspective - Meldrum, Marcia L. (Seattle : International Association for the Study of Pain, 2003)
Opiophobia and opiophilia. -- To market, to market : the theory and practice of opiates in the Middle Ages. -- The grandest badge of his art : three Victorian doctors, pain relief, and the art of medicine. -- Take as directed : the dilemmas of regulating addictive analgesics and other psychoactive drugs. -- Analgesic research at the national Institutes of Health : state of the art 1930s to the present. -- The rise and demise of the brompton cocktail. -- The dawn of endorphins. -- Taking the myths out of the magic : establishing the use of opioids in the management of cancer pain. -- The opiate receptor : scientific treasure trove. -- History of the development of pain management with spinal opioid and non-opioid drugs. -- The World Health Organization Cancer Pain Relief Program. -- The state cancer pain initiative movement in the United States : successes and challenges. - - Opioids, cancer pain, quality of life, and quality of death : patient narratives and a clinician's comments. -- The property of euphoria : research and the cancer patient.
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Keywords: ANALGESICOS OPIOIDES -- HISTORIA; DOLOR; ETICA MEDICA; NARCOTICOS -- HISTORIA