Analgesia

This section covers analgesia; routes of administration and use in specific circumstances.

There have been SAQ/CRQ questions on intrathecal opioids (2019) and opioid patches (2018 and 2020).

• Best practice
• Opioid stewardship
• Modified-release opioids


• Routes of administration
• Routes of administration
• Transdermal analgesia
• Patient controlled analgesia
• Epidural analgesia (from the Obstetric analgesia section)
• Intrathecal opioids


• Analgesia in certain circumstances
• Acute pain in the elderly patient
• Analgesia in liver failure
• Analgesia for obstetrics (from the Obstetric analgesia section)
• The opioid-tolerant patient
• The obese patient