| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Knocking at the Door -- CHAPTER 2: The Story of Opium -- CHAPTER 3: The Engine of the Epidemic -- CHAPTER 4: Fentanyl Arrives -- CHAPTER 5: Explaining the Epidemic -- CHAPTER 6: Treating Addiction -- CHAPTER 7: Rethinking Our Relationship with Opioids and Big Pharma -- CHAPTER 8: Searching for Solutions -- CHAPTER 9: Expanding the Treatment Tool Kit -- CHAPTER 10: Treating the Whole Person -- CHAPTER 11: Breaking the Cycle -- Conclusion: Ten Steps Toward a Better Future -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Is there a way to end North America's opioid epidemic? North America is facing a crisis. The first warning signs appeared in media reports of OxyContin abuse and over-prescription in the 1990s. Today, there is an opioid epidemic -- fentanyl is the leading cause of overdose death in North America. From his perspective as an addiction physician working on the front lines of the epidemic, Dr. Brodie Ramin discusses the disease and the cure. Looking beyond the obstacles, The Age of Fentanyl brings the hopeful message that just as patients and health care workers rallied together to fight the HIV epidemic one generation ago, a coalition of patients, advocates, scientists, doctors, and nurses are finding solutions and making plans to stem the overdose deaths, block the spread of fentanyl, and end the epidemic."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Opioid abuse.
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Fentanyl.
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Opioids -- Overdose
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Fentanyl -- Overdose
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Opioid Epidemic
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Opioid Epidemic -- prevention & control
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Fentanyl
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Fentanyl -- adverse effects
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Opioid-Related Disorders
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
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Fentanyl
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Opioid abuse
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1459746716 |
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9781459746725 |
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1459746724 |
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9781459746718 |
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