Pain Management

Under the new rules, high-potency narcotics for opioid use disorder will be distributed by licensed AHS clinics and patients will take them there, witnessed by a health professional.

The growing prevalence of knee osteoarthritis could bring more patients into doctors’ offices, asking for pain relief.

Study examines whether email alerts sent by pharmacists to prescribers and primary care managers reduce co-prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines.

Training was seen as a barrier to access methadone for pain management.

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed an implant that relieves pain on demand without the use of drugs.

How well do you know Canada’s primary-care-focused guideline?

Restrictions, fears of use arise as fallout from recent Roe v. Wade decision

Nearly 90% of drug overdose deaths in which gabapentin was detected also involved an opioid, particularly illicitly manufactured fentanyl.