Handbook of Methadone Prescribing and Buprenorphine Therapy

- Foreward, Russell K. Portenoy MD

- Preface, Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD & Helena Knotkova, PhD

- Prescribing Methadone Safely
Eliezer Soto MD, Joy Hao MD, PhD, Helena Knotkova PhD, Ricardo A. Cruciani MD, PhD

- Use of Methadone in Opioid Maintenance Treatment
Dr. Randy M. Seewald, MBBS

- Treating Pain in Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance for Opioid Dependence
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Declan T. Barry, PhD,  & David A. Fiellin, MD
 
- Methadone Side Effects: Constipation, Respiratory Depression, Sedation, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and the Endocrine System
Lynn R. Webster, MD

- Cardiovascular Effects of Methadone
Miguel A. Leal, MD  & Craig T. January, MD, PhD

- Methadone Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
Gavin Bart, MD & Sharon L. Walsh PhD

- Methadone and opioid rotation
Helena Knotkova PhD, Ricardo A. Cruciani,MD, PhD, Perry G. Fine MD

- Intravenous use of Methadone: efficacy and safety
Sebastiano Mercadante, MD

- Methadone Hyperalgesia
Peggy Compton, RN, PhD, FAAN

- Buprenorphine Analgesia in Chronic Pain
Guy Hans, MD, PhD

- Buprenorphine in Maintenance Therapy
Karran A. Phillips, MD, MSc & Kenzie L. Preston, PhD

- Buprenorphine Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics
Sharon L. Walsh, PhD &  Lisa S. Middleton, PhD

- Buprenorphine metabolism and drug-drug interactions
Robert Taylor Jr., PhD, Robert B. Raffa, PhD, & Joseph V. Pergolizzi Jr., MD

- Buprenorphine: side effects and tolerability
Tabitha Washington, MD, MS & Gilbert J. Fanciullo, MD, MS
- Buprenorphine and Opioid Rotation
Douglas L. Gourlay, MD, MSc, FRCP, FASAM & Howard A. Heit MD, FACP, FASAM

- Methadone and buprenorphine use during the perinatal period
Alice Ordean MD, CCFP, MHSc

- Methadone and Buprenorphine Prescribing in the Palliative Care Population
Shalini Dalal MD & Eduardo Bruera MD

- Methadone Prescribing In The Sickle Cell Patient
Wally R. Smith, MD