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Palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief

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  • Reference number: CG140
  • Published:  23 May 2012
  • Last updated:  03 August 2016
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  • Managing pain with strong opioids
  • Information about taking strong opioids
  • Discussing your concerns
  • Starting treatment with strong opioids
  • Reviewing your pain control
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Reviewing your pain control

When you start taking strong opioids you should be offered regular reviews of your pain control and any side effects. This should happen throughout your treatment but is particularly important at the beginning when your dose may need to be adjusted.

This page was last updated: 01 May 2012


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