Pain management

Use these tools to help patients manage chronic pain pharmacologically. These recommendations do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations for individual circumstances may be appropriate.

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Pain Management
Clinical practice guidelines
	Management of pain (51KB PDF) Assessing, treating and managing pain in adults Updated 03/2009
Practice management
	Management of chronic pain (34KB PDF) A list of treatment options for different types of pain Updated 03/2009
	Selected nonopioid analgesics: analgesic dosage and comparative efficacy to standards (27KB PDF) References the effectiveness of nonopioid analgesics Updated 03/2009
Patient education
	Pain management agreement (23KB PDF) An agreement between physician and patients regarding pain management medication Updated 03/2009
Case Management Refer your patients to case management services: 616 481-9701

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