APMA - Australian Pain Management Assoc.

Living with Chronic Pain: The Emergency Department

This flyer is designed to help patients weigh up whether the emergency department is the right choice for them. Emergency department clinicians: this brochure can be distributed freely for use in your hospital.

Prescription for Codeine Required in 2018

After the 1st of February 2018, all medicines containing codeine will no longer be available from pharmacies. The reasoning behind this decision has been stated as the potential risk of codeine tolerance, dependence, poisoning and even death (in high doses).  

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Indigenous, Poorer and Rural Suffer More Amputation

Amputations are well known for causing chronic pain, with the majority of amputees experiencing some form of ongoing pain.

In Australia, some health gains have been made leading to rates of limb amputations stabilising as a result of early intervention of diabetes and peripheral cardiovascular disease.

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