<p>Foreward</p><p>Russell K. Portenoy MD</p><p>Preface </p><p><p>Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD<sup> </sup>& Helena Knotkova, PhD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Prescribing Methadone Safely</li></ol><p>Eliezer Soto MD, Joy Hao MD, PhD, Helena Knotkova PhD,<sup> </sup>Ricardo A. Cruciani MD, PhD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Use of Methadone in Opioid Maintenance Treatment</li></ol><p>Dr. Randy M. Seewald, MBBS</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Treating Pain in Patients Receiving Methadone Maintenance for Opioid Dependence</p>Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Declan T. Barry, PhD, & David A. Fiellin, MD</li></ol><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone Side Effects: Constipation, Respiratory Depression, Sedation, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and the Endocrine System</li></ol><p>Lynn R. Webster, MD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Cardiovascular Effects of Methadone</li></ol><p>Miguel A. Leal, MD & Craig T. January, MD, PhD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics</li></ol><p>Gavin Bart, MD & Sharon L. Walsh PhD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone and opioid rotation</li></ol><p>Helena Knotkova PhD, Ricardo A. Cruciani,MD, PhD, Perry G. Fine MD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Intravenous use of Methadone: efficacy and safety</li></ol><p>Sebastiano Mercadante, MD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone Hyperalgesia</li></ol><p>Peggy Compton, RN, PhD, FAAN</p><p> </p><ol><li>Buprenorphine Analgesia in Chronic Pain</li></ol><p>Guy Hans, MD, PhD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Buprenorphine in Maintenance Therapy</li></ol><p>Karran A. Phillips, MD, MSc & Kenzie L. Preston, PhD</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Buprenorphine Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics</li></ol><p>Sharon L. Walsh, PhD & Lisa S. Middleton, PhD</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>13. Buprenorphine metabolism and drug-drug interactions</p><p>Robert Taylor Jr., PhD, Robert B. Raffa, PhD, & Joseph V. Pergolizzi Jr., MD</p><p> </p><li>Buprenorphine: side effects and tolerability</li><ol><p>Tabitha Washington, MD, MS & Gilbert J. Fanciullo, MD, MS</p><ol><li>Buprenorphine and Opioid Rotation</li></ol><p>Douglas L. Gourlay, MD, MSc, FRCP, FASAM & Howard A. Heit MD, FACP, FASAM</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone and buprenorphine use during the perinatal period</li></ol><p>Alice Ordean MD, CCFP, MHSc</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone and Buprenorphine Prescribing in the Palliative Care Population</li></ol><p>Shalini Dalal MD<sup> </sup>& Eduardo Bruera MD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Methadone Prescribing In The Sickle Cell Patient</li></ol><p>Wally R. Smith, MD & Abdulkhaliq J. Alsalman, MS</p><ol><li>Methadone and Buprenorphine Analgesia in Older Patients</li></ol><p>David Lussier, MD, FRCP(c)</p></ol>
