Includes bibliographical references and index.

Opioid receptors and opioid pharmacodynamics Mellar Davis & Gavril Pasternak -- Opioid pharmacokinetics Kenneth Jackson II -- Codeine Janet Hardy -- Hydrocodone Mellar Davis -- Tramadol Mellar Davis -- Dextroproxyphene Paul Glare -- Morphine Paul Glare -- Hydromorphone Paul Glare -- Oxycodone Mellar Davis -- The lipophilic opioids Tony Hall & Janet Hardy -- Methadone Mellar Davis -- Levodrophanol Mellar Davis -- Diamorphine Janet Hardy -- Oxymorphone Paul Glare -- Choice of opioids and WHO ladder Paul Glare -- Opioid rotation Janet Hardy -- Opioids equianalgesia Mellar Davis -- Opioid dosing strategies Janet Hardy, Paul Glare & Mellar Davis -- Patient controlled analgesia Mellar Davis -- Spinal opioids in cancer pain Mellar Davis -- Opioid-resistant pain Mellar Davis.