Opioid Dependence

Part I. Part I

1. An Epidemiologic Perspective
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Part II. Part II

2. Understanding the Agent, Part I: Opioid Biology and Basic Pharmacology
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3. Understanding the Agent, Part II: Adverse Effects
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4. Understanding the Agent, Part III: Specific Drugs
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5. Attenuating the Agent: Reducing Opioid “Virulence”
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Part III. Part III

6. Best Practices Education, Part I: Pain Physiology, Psychology, and Alternatives to Opioids
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7. Best Practices Education, Part II: Evidence for and Against Opioid Therapy
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8. Best Practices Education, Part III: Regulatory and Advisory Issues Related to Opioid Therapy for Pain
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Part IV. Part IV

9. Addressing Host Factors: Overview of Dependence and Addiction
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10. Opioid Dependence Risk Factors and Risk Assessment
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11. Addressing Host Factors: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Opioid Dependence
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Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Psychiatry, Neurology, Pain Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine