Prescribing Notes for Acute Pain

This guideline is under review and will be updated in due course to reflect the A&A guideline on Acute Pain (link only active if accessing via an NHS network).

For the management of persistent pain, see here (link only active if accessing via an NHS network).

For the management of pain in palliative care, see Prescribing Notes for palliative care. 

For the management of patients ≥65 years of age having sustained a fragility fracture see guidance here.