Book reviewed in this article:Pain, Analgesia, and Addiction: The Pharmacologic Treatment of Pain, by Barry Stimmel.Therapeutics in Terminal Cancer, by Robert G. Twycross and Sylvia A. Lack.Antacids and Other Drugs in GI Diseases, by W.A. Ritschel.Psychiatric Medicine Update: Massachusetts General Hospital Reviews for Physicians, 1984 edition. Edited by Theo C. Manschreck and George B. Murray.