Raymond S. Sinatra is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jonathan S. Jahr is Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. J. Michael Watkins-Pitchford is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

'The many contributors range from medical students to professors to heads of pharmaceutical companies. Such variety of perspective is refreshing in any text … The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics is a compact, ready reference mini-pharmacopeia. It would make a useful addition to the library of any anesthesiologist, pain management specialist or medical student.' Anesthesiology News

• Part I. Pain Definitions; Part II. Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics; Part III. Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics; Part IV. NSAIDs; Part V. Local Anesthetics; Part VI. Anticonvulsant Type Analgesics; Part VII. NMDA Antagonists; Part VIII. Alpha Adrenergic Analgesics; Part IX. Antidepressant Analgesics; Part X. Muscle Relaxants; Part XI. Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics; Part XII. New and Emerging Analgesics.

Raymond S. Sinatra is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jonathan S. Jahr is Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. J. Michael Watkins-Pitchford is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

'The many contributors range from medical students to professors to heads of pharmaceutical companies. Such variety of perspective is refreshing in any text … The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics is a compact, ready reference mini-pharmacopeia. It would make a useful addition to the library of any anesthesiologist, pain management specialist or medical student.' Anesthesiology News

• Part I. Pain Definitions; Part II. Oral and Parenteral Opioid Analgesics; Part III. Neuraxial Opioid Analgesics; Part IV. NSAIDs; Part V. Local Anesthetics; Part VI. Anticonvulsant Type Analgesics; Part VII. NMDA Antagonists; Part VIII. Alpha Adrenergic Analgesics; Part IX. Antidepressant Analgesics; Part X. Muscle Relaxants; Part XI. Adjuvant Analgesics and Antiemetics; Part XII. New and Emerging Analgesics.