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Pain Management
Chronic Pain Management
Safe and effective chronic opioid therapy requires appropriate drug prescribing and regular assessments of a patient’s improvements in pain and function. Optimally balancing benefits and risks of high-dose chronic opioid therapy is dependent on regular and comprehensive monitoring, as well as anticipating and appropriately managing opioid-related adverse effects.
The following resources and tools are available to assist clinicians in managing pain:
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Resources
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (external site)
American Pain Society (external site)
NCCN Guidelines for Adult Cancer Pain (PDF) (free registration required) (external site)
Florida Department of Health – Take Control of Controlled Substances (external site)
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Tools - for assessing and managing chronic pain
Checklist (PDF) for prescribing opioids for chronic pain (external site)
Instructions (PDF) for calculating total daily dose of opioids (external site)
E-FORCSE (Florida's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program) (external site)
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for People who Consume Alcohol and Use Opioids (PDF) (external site)
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Patient Education
Prescription Opioids: What You Need to Know (PDF) (external site)
JAMA Patient Page: Opioids for Chronic Pain (external site)