Your child's pain team may recommend opioids to help them manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.
Your pain care team may recommend opioids to help you manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.
Learn why opioids such as morphine, hydromorphone, oxycodone and fentanyl are prescribed and how they help manage pain in children.
Opioids are powerful medications that can have risks of physical dependence, tolerance and addiction even if taken exactly as prescribed and without any side effects. Learn about these risks and how to work with your child's health-care team to prevent overdose.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Learn about the various medications that are used to treat pain. These include acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, and local and topical anaesthetics.
Opioids are powerful medications that can have risks of physical dependence, tolerance and addiction even if you take them exactly as prescribed and without any side effects. Learn about these risks and how to work with your health-care team to prevent overdose.
Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.
This page explains how a continuous opioid infusion gives a specific and constant amount of pain medication to your child through an IV.
Chronic pain treatments involve a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
Learn about how to help children and teens with chronic pain cope during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which medications are used to treat chronic pain.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage cancer-related pain in children.
The Pain Squad™ app helps children and teens with cancer to track their pain. Find out what this app does and the benefits of using it.
Pain can be caused by cancer, procedures, treatments or symptoms of cancer and treatments. Find out how you can manage and how your health-care team can help you.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Learn about hydroxyurea, a medicine that helps red blood cells stay round and flexible, antibiotics to treat infections and medications to manage mild-to-moderate pain.
Find out how to treat and manage longer-lasting pain in infants.
Find out how you can use the 3P approach to support your child in acute pain.
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