New episode of Airing Pain on Prescribing and Deprescribing safely

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This edition discusses the challenges and opportunities of de-prescribing; and poses a shift in focus towards supported self-management and de-medicalising the management of pain for some patients. By this we mean the exploration of alternative therapies and supported self-care customised to individual needs, which come hand-in-hand with any de-prescribing of medicines.

We discuss the incredibly important role of the advanced pharmacist practitioner in adjusting the prescriptions of medicine, and the long-term regular use of pharmacists for these purposes.

Listen here:

painconcern.org.uk/pharmacy...

[PainGo1]

This is helpful although a bit depressing as I am still struggling to find any alternative therapies to replace taking painkillers