Teens living with hemophilia can learn the medicines that help relieve pain.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
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.
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.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn about pains related to their bleeds, including the difference between acute and chronic pain.
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 suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
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.
How to take care of a child at home after they have received a nerve block. Learn about when to give other medicines, and potential problems to watch for.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Juvenile Enthesitis Related Arthritis is treated with medicines that reduce inflammation of the joints. Learn about the specific drugs used to treat ERA.
This page explains how a continuous opioid infusion gives a specific and constant amount of pain medication to your child through an IV.
Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.
Learn about causes and treatment of chest pain in children.
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.
Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.
Learn which medicines children with leukemia should avoid and what you should discuss with their doctor or pharmacist about medication.
Many of the most common poisons are items that can be found around the house. Learn about the top 10 most common types of poison exposures across all ages and for children younger than six years old.
Learn about the different types of pain a child with cancer may experience, what causes pain and how long these types of pain last.
Your child needs to take the medicine called metoclopramide. This information sheet explains what metoclopramide does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn about medications used to enhance pain management. Medications such as corticosteroids, anti-depressants, and sedatives are discussed.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
