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Opioid use for chronic pain - CMAJ
Guideline for the Safe and Effective use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.
Physicians across the province can find a useful eight page summary of the new Canadian Guideline for the Safe and Effective use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.
The summary is available online from the Canadian Medical Association Journal: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.100187v1
Access to the summary requires a username and password. Canadian Medical Association members should already have a username and password. The CMAJ website has links to help with getting a username and password for people who don't have one or who have never activated their online account.
More information on the Canadian Guideline is available from the CPSNL website: (http://www.cpsnl.ca/default.asp?com=News&m=326&y=2010&id=82).
The complete guideline is available online from the Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre: (http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/opioid/).
