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Some recommended patient reading/information materials
1. SIGN Patient booklet for chronic pain patients**** . From SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network),Scotland. a. Provides an overview of chronic pain in a simple language and signposts further self-help websites. b.
2. Pain toolkit***** . The Pain Toolkit helps people all over the world self-manage persistent pain. The Pain Toolkit is for people who live with persistent pain and Healthcare teams who support them.
3. FPM Patient Information leaflets on pain medications**** . From the Faculty of Pain Medicine,Royal College of Anaesthetists,London. Contains easy to understand information for patients on neuropathic pain medications such as amitriptyline,pregabalin,Gabapentin,Duloxetine.
4. FPM Patient Information leaflets on pain Injections/Interventions***** Very useful resource for patients who cant have surgery for their pain but would like to explore pain injections/interventions to improve their quality of life.
5. British Pain Society Understanding and managing longstanding pain*** . A basic overview of chronic pain.
6. Opioids Aware: From the FPM,RCOA,London . A resource for patients and healthcare professionals to support prescribing of opioid medicines for pain****.
7. Exercises for pain conditions ***** : This is a very useful resource for patients as most low back pain can be managed by exercise. From the website of Royal Chartered physiotherapist association in association with Arthritis research UK.
8. Exercises for back pain. From the Mayo clinic US*** .
9. Exercises for low back pain –Live well –NHS Choices. ***
10. CBT (Cognitive behaviour therapy and other psychological help for patients)**** -self help for patients .
Some selected pain management Videos
1. American Chronic pain Association videos.
2. Videos by experts hosted at practical pain management:
3. Swedish Pain Management videos
4. https://www.paintoolkit.org/resources/videos
5. Understanding pain
6. How does your brain respond to pain? IASP video -
7. Why things hurt? TED Lorimer Moseley
8. Car with four flat tires
9. Australian chronic pain Association.
10. Elliot Krane- the mystery of chronic pain. TED
11. BPS PMP (Pain Management Programme)
12. CRPS- from physiotherapy association.
13. Efic- Pain before and after surgery.
14. EFIC- SI joint
15. Amazing story of John Bonica- TED.
16. Sheffield- pain management video for patients arriving at the service .
17. Local GP chatting with Beverly Collett.
Pain Management guidelines
I have collected a few resources where the guidelines impact pain management. These might help you in the day to day management of pain patients in your practice.
1 Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists guidelines.
2 British Pain Society – useful articles and reports.
3 Scottish Intercollegiate guideline (SIGN) on chronic pain 136
4 Scottish Intercollegiate guideline (SIGN) on Control of pain in adults with cancer 106
5 National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) NG59 Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management : guidanc e . This guideline covers assessing and managing low back pain and sciatica in people aged 16 and over.
6 NICE Neuropathic pain in adults: pharmacological management in non-specialist settings : guidance (CG173) This guideline covers managing neuropathic pain (nerve pain) with pharmacological treatments (drugs) in adults in non-specialist settings.
7 ANZCA Scientific evidence . The bible of Acute pain the world over.
