e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Booklist Review
Choice Review
More Content
More by this author
Bisaga, Adam.
Subjects
Opioid abuse -- Treatment -- United States.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Bisaga, Adam.
by title:
Overcoming opioid ad...
by call number:
362.293 B621o
Search the Web
Bisaga, Adam.
Opioid abuse -- Treatment -- United States.
MARC Display
Overcoming opioid addiction : the authoritative medical guide for patients, families, doctors, and therapists / Adam Bisaga, with Karen Chernyaev ; foreword by A.
Thomas
McLellan
.
by
Bisaga, Adam.
The Experiment, 2018.
Call #:
362.293 B621o
Subjects
Opioid abuse -- Treatment -- United States.
ISBN:
9781615194582 (pbk.)
Description:
xvi, 285 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by A.
Thomas
McLellan
, PhD -- Introduction -- An epidemic like never before. Medical panacea or national nightmare? ; Opioid use in America: how we got here ; Opioid use disorder: a disease like any other? -- The science, practice, and challenge of treating OUD. Embracing the new medical approach to treating OUD ; The pharmacology of opioids ; Starting a patient on medication ; When treating OUD becomes a challenge -- A brief guide for family. How to encourage your loved one to get help-- and how to help yourself -- Finding the right treatment ; How to support your loved one in treatment and recovery -- For patients: what to expect in treatment and beyond. Getting ready to stop using opioids ; The first days and weeks after you stop using ; The next months and years once you are drug free -- Epilogue: Overdoses as missed opportunities.
Summary:
Every day, over 100 Americans die from opioid abuse. Bisaga and Chernyaev provide a comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. He explains why treating OUD is unlike treating other forms of drug dependency, examines the science of the addiction, and discusses the different stages and effective methods of treatment, as well as behavioral therapies.
Other authors:
Chernyaev, Karen, 1961- .
McLellan
, A.
Thomas
(
Andrew
Thomas
),
1949-
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Due Date
Sackville Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
362.293 B621o
Adult books
Checked out
Jul 20, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.