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Patient publications
The British Pain Society aims to produce contemporary guidance,
supported by available evidence, on clinical and other pain
matters. Most British Pain Society guidelines have an accompanying
information for patient leaflet. Documents are updated three
yearly to incorporate relevant new information.
The following British Pain Society information for patient
leaflets are available to download in PDF format. If you would
like hard copies of any of the publications, please complete
and return a copy of the Publications
order form.
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your
computer, download
it here and follow the instructions to download the relevant
software:
Click on the publication name below to see the publication's
details and access download links:
Use of medicines outside of their
UK marketing authorisation in pain management and palliative
medicine - information for patients (2012)
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| Managing cancer pain - Information
for patients (2010) |
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| Managing your pain effectively using "Over the
Counter" (OTC) Medicines (2010) |
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| Understanding and managing pain (2010) |
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Opiods for persistent pain: information
for patients (2010)
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| Spinal cord stimulation for pain: information for patients
(2009) |
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| Help the Aged - Pain in
Older People: Reflections and Experiences from an older
person's perspective (2008) |
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| Intrathecal drug delivery systems for treating pain
and spasticity: information for patients (2008) (under
review) |
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| Pain management programmes for adults:
information for patients (2007) (under review) |
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| Pain and problem drug use: information for patients
(2007) (under review) |
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Use of medicines outside of their UK marketing
authorisation in pain management and palliative medicine -
information for patients (2012)
This document is an information booklet prepared on behalf
of the Association for Palliative Medicine and the British
Pain Society. This leaflet will help patients understand some
important aspects of medicine licensing regulations and how
these issues may affect them. This leaflet has been revised
and rewritten with the support of the Plain English Campaign
who have awarded it their Crystal Mark.
The document can be downloaded free of charge by clicking
the image below.
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Managing cancer pain - information for
patients (2010)
A perspective from the British Pain
Society, supported by the Association for Palliative Medicine
and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
You can download a copy of the 2010 document, free of charge,
by clicking the image below.
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Managing your pain effectively using "Over
the Counter" (OTC) Medicines (2010)
You can download a copy of the 2010 document,
free of charge, by clicking the image below.
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Understanding and Managing Pain (2010)
This booklet has been produced to help patients understand
and manage their pain. Whether the pain is recent or long-term,
severe or less severe, this booklet explores how to get the
best out of the patient and healthcare professional partnership.
It looks at what pain is, what can be done about it and who
can help.
Hard copies of this document are available to purchase from
the Secretariat or can be downloaded free of charge by clicking
the image below. Healthcare professionals can order a maximum
of 50 copies for distribution to patients at their organisations.
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Opioids for persistent pain: information
for patients (2010)
This leaflet has been produced in conjunction with the publication
'Opioids for persistent pain: Good practice'.
Hard copies of this document are available to purchase from
the Secretariat or can be downloaded free of charge from the
website here.
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Spinal Cord Stimulation for pain: information
for patients (2009)
This leaflet has been produced in conjuncton with the publication
Spinal cord stimulation for the management of pain. The leaflet
tells the patient about spinal cord stimulation and provides
some information that may support the patient in decision
making regarding the treatment.
Hard copies of this document are available to purchase from
the Secretariat or can be downloaded free of charge by clicking
the image below.
The Chair of the publication working
group has considered the review of this
publication and as no new evidence is currently available
the guidelines still stand. The publication will next be reviewed
in late 2013.
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Help the Aged - Pain in Older People: Reflections
and Experiences from an older person's persepctive (2008)
You can download a copy of the 2008 document, free of charge,
by clicking the image below.
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Intrathecal drug
delivery systems for treating pain and spasticity: information
for patients (2008)
These guidelines
were launched at the joint ASM of the Benelux Neuromodulation
Society & The Neuromodulation Society of UK & Ireland
on Saturday 8th November.
You can download a copy of the 2008 document, free of charge,
by clicking the image below.
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Pain management programmes for adults:
information for patients (2007)
This leaflet provides
information regarding pain management programmes for adults
and explains what a pain management programme is, who it is
for and how it can help patients. Following a year-long consultation
process, the final guidelines were launched at the Society's
Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Glasgow on Wednesday 25
April.
The leaflet has been awarded the Plain English
Campaign's Crystal Mark.
Hard copies of this document are available
to purchase from the Secretariat or can be downloaded free
of charge by clicking the image below.
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Pain and problem drug use: information
for patients (2007)
This leaflet can help patients understand their problem and
helps patients work with their healthcare team to decide the
most effective and safe treatments. It includes information
about opioid medicines for pain relief, what healthcare teams
need to know about the patient and why, assessing treatment
and what a patient can expect from healthcare teams.
Following a year-long consultation process, the final guidelines
were launched at the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
in Glasgow on Thursday 26 April.
The leaflet has been awarded the Plain English Campaign's
Crystal Mark.
Hard copies of this document are available to purchase from
the Secretariat or can be downloaded free of charge by clicking
the image below.
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