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* | *Describe the principles of the pharmacology of medications used to treat pain: non-opioid medications, opioids, adjuvants and topical analgesics and local anaesthetics. | ||
*Include limitations of the pharmacological management of chronic pain and barriers such as social and professional stigma/stereoypes associated with medication use and prescription<br> | |||
*The role of AHP and Physiotherapy prescribing | |||
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Revision as of 13:01, 30 June 2014
Welcome to PPA Pain Project. This page is being developed by participants of a project to populate the Pain section of Physiopedia. The project is supervised and co-ordinated by the The Physiotherapy Pain Association.
- Please do not edit unless you are involved in this project, but please come back in the near future to check out new information!!
- If you would like to get involved in this project and earn accreditation for your contributions, please get in touch!
Tips for writing this page:
- Describe the principles of the pharmacology of medications used to treat pain: non-opioid medications, opioids, adjuvants and topical analgesics and local anaesthetics.
- Include limitations of the pharmacological management of chronic pain and barriers such as social and professional stigma/stereoypes associated with medication use and prescription
- The role of AHP and Physiotherapy prescribing
Non-opioid medications[edit | edit source]
Opioids[edit | edit source]
Adjuvants[edit | edit source]
Topical analgesics[edit | edit source]
Local anaesthetics[edit | edit source]
Limitations of the pharmacological management[edit | edit source]
It is important to understand the limitations of the pharmacological management of chronic pain, the importance of combining pharmacological approaches with non-pharmacological management of chronic pain and the use of such strategies alongside appropriate evidence-based active self management strategies.
