Key questions on chronic pain (1.5 CPD hours)
10 September 2014
ARTICLE ONLY
FULL CPD MODULE
This module will update your knowledge on chronic pain, including:
- The STEPS approach to medication in chronic pain
- Rules for initiating opiates and continuing prescriptions for chronic pain
- The likelihood of addiction and tachyphylaxis with opiate use
- Pros and cons of different drugs for neuropathic pain
- When to consider interventions such as peripheral nerve stimulators or nerve blocks
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