Find 15 specialty-specific recommendations for when the use of opioids should not be first line therapy and information resources to help patients have informed conversations with their clinicians about safe options for managing pain.
The Canadian Guideline for Opioid for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain was developed in response to concerns that Canadians are the second highest users per capita of opioids in the world, while the rates of opioid prescribing and opioid-related hospital visits and deaths have been increasing rapidly.
The Canadian Guideline for Opioid for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain was developed in response to concerns that Canadians are the second highest users per capita of opioids in the world, while the rates of opioid prescribing and opioid-related hospital visits and deaths have been increasing rapidly.
