Prescribing medicinal cannabis for chronic non-cancer-pain
This fact sheet is from the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian
and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. It is a summary
of our position on prescribing medicinal cannabis for people
with chronic pain.
Chronic Pain MedsCheck trial submission_June 2022
Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) submission to the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) on the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s Chronic Pain MedsCheck trial.
$40 million Australian Government cut to chronic pain patients
Read our media release criticising the Australian Government for cutting $40 million from desperately needed services for people living
with chronic pain after it rejected key recommendations from a national taskforce.
Burden-of-chronic-pain-in-NZ-worse-than-diabetes-and-dementia-08-Mar-2019
FINAL MR Specialists call for better understanding of chronic pain
FINAL-MR-Specialists-call-for-better-understanding-of-chronic-pain
PS01(PM) Statement regarding the use of opioid analgesics in patients with chronic non-cancer pain
Statement regarding the use of opioid analgesics in patients with chronic non-cancer pain
What is pain and how do we manage it?
There are three commonly recognised types of pain.
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PS12(PM) Position statement on the use of ketamine in the management of chronic non-cancer pain
Statement from the Faculty of Pain Medicine on the use of ketamine with reference to its use in the management of patients with chronic non-cancer pain.
What do specialist pain medicine physicians do?
As pain medicine is a multi-disciplinary specialty, specialist pain medicine physicians come from a variety of backgrounds.
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