Health Quality Ontario Standards: Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain

Evidence, Guidelines and Recommendations

This quality standard includes: quality statements, patient reference guide, recommendations for adoption and a getting started guide.

Details

Category
Evidence, Guidelines and Recommendations
Format
Web Link
Visits
35
Added
Aug 25, 2025
Tags
Psychiatry
Pain
Mental Health
Substance Use Disorders
Primary Care
Internal Medicine
Emergency Medicine

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Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
The Canadian Guideline for Opioid for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain was developed in response to concerns that Canadians are the second highest users per capita of opioids in the world, while the rates of opioid prescribing and opioid-related hospital visits and deaths have been increasing rapidly.