Pain
Pain
This chapter will guide you through assessing what may be the cause of your patient’s pain, and what measures and medication you may need to provide to help with pain relief.
- Pain Assessment
- Analgesic medication
- Side effects of opioids
- Relative doses of opioids
- Transdermal opioids
- Transmucosal fentanyl preparations
- Adjuvant analgesia
- References
Disclaimer
This Guide is intended for use by healthcare professionals and the expectation is that they will use clinical judgement, medical, and nursing knowledge in applying the general principles and recommendations contained within. They are not meant to replace the many available texts on the subject of palliative care.
Some of the management strategies describe the use of drugs outside their licensed indications. They are, however, established and accepted good practice. Please refer to the current BNF for further guidance.
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