Welsh Guidelines For Neuropathic Drugs And Opiates

Today's post from wales.nhs.uk (see link below) is a very useful one for anybody living with neuropathy severe enough to require the use of opiates to control the symptoms. The page consists of a series of links which you can choose to follow; all leading to important information about the title subject. Very often, we're prescribed drugs by our doctors but have little idea of what they are and how they work. It's always useful to have a resource which medical practitioners also use because then you can be sure that the information is accurate. Don't be afraid to check up on what you're putting into your body and if you have questions, take them to your doctor or specialist.

PAIN (neuropathic, opiates etc) Guidelines and Resources
 

1	FENTANYL  FENTANYL PATCHES - ABUHB guidance  FENTANYL (SUBLINGUAL TABLETS & NASAL SPRAY) for BREAKTHROUGH PAIN - ABHB guidance	May 2011 Dec.2011
2	NEUROPATHIC PAIN   Diagnosis & management of NEUROPATHIC PAIN - ABUHB guidance     NEUROPATHIC PAIN (inc.Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain) PATHWAY  VERSATIS - agreed local process covering off-label GP repeat prescribing  Patient Information Leaflets (from the Faculty of Pain Management) covering use of  AMITRIPTYLINE, DULOXETINE, GABAPENTIN and PREGABALIN in neuropathic pain	Dec.2008 (updated Sep.2010 & Jan.2014) Jan.2014   Jun.2012
3	STRONG OPIOIDS IN NON MALIGNANT PAIN - ABUHB guidance  OPIOID ANALGESIC REVIEW  Advice for non-specialist prescribers for patients maintained on longer term opiate therapy	Nov.2012 Feb.2014
4	10 KEY MESSAGES:  on Tramadol, Managing Chronic Persistant Pain (CPP) and; Strong Opiates in CPP	Feb.2014
5	TRAMADOL - All Wales Educational Resource Materials: Initial prescribing analysis Audit Materials Educational Slide Set WeMeReC Maps WeMeReC Things to Know Patient Information Leaflet Shared Decision-Making Toolkit
6	OPIATE CONVERSION DOSES - ABUHB guidance on approximate dose equivalences of opiates	Nov.2010
7	OXYCODONE ABUHB guidance	Mar.2012
8	All Wales Patient Information Leaflet - Medicines for MILD to MODERATE PAIN	Jul.2012
9	PAIN LADDERS - Stepwise recommendations for Primary & Secondary Care	Nov.2012

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=814&pid=72052