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Edited by Jana Sawynok and Alan Cowan. 373 pp., illustrated. New York, Wiley, 1999. $119.95. ISBN 0-471-18017-3.

The goals of Novel Aspects of Pain Management are to provide historical background and a panoramic view of the chemicals that influence pain and to assess the therapeutic potential of many classes of such agents. The book is addressed to academic and pharmaceutical scientists and clinicians seeking new means of pain control. Most of the chapters are informative; they are generally well written and well referenced and attend to major issues. Individual readers will identify chapters that meet their particular needs.

For me, the chapters with a neurobiologic perspective on each class of drug are the best. Chapter 2 is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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