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Canada’s National Pain Awareness Week reached over 1.4 million people
The opioid crisis has identified the extent of chronic pain as a health problem in Canada and the necessity of addressing pain as part of the solution to the crisis.
Mobilizing pain care knowledge in Canada
Norm Buckley and Jason Busse from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research & Care discuss the mobilization of knowledge about the pain environment in Canada, focusing on the role of an ad hoc community-based organization.
Tackling chronic pain: Opioids and other treatments
Chronic pain is a complex condition with far-reaching consequences. This review explores the latest research on factors contributing to its development and the potential of early interventions to prevent its onset.
Safer and more effective use of opioids
The Pain PLUS literature surveillance service demonstrates the importance of high-quality literature to support decision-making and practice for the use of opioids.
Focused research to enable safer and more effective use of opioids
Over the past year, the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care has offered a series of articles in Open Access Government...
Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University
"We have enjoyed working with the Open Access Government team over the past two years and look forward to continued collaboration. From Peter Bettaney who is always engaging in his solicitation of our materials, to Emma Faulkner-Dunn and Nick Wilde and the entire production team, it has been a pleasure to work with you. It also provides us with a unique opportunity to create and distribute a program of material over several issues."
Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care
The Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care seeks to improve the quality of life for those living with Chronic Pain.
The opioid crisis in canada – Governmental responses and strategies
Norm Buckley, Scientific Director at the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research & Care, and Jason Busse, Director of the Michael G DeGroote National Pain Centre at McMaster University, discuss the complexities of chronic pain management and addressing the opioid crisis.
The extent and impact of the opioid crisis in Canada
The opioid crisis in Canada has been an issue for nearly a quarter of a century. Here, Norm Buckley and Jason Busse from the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, and the National Pain Centre discuss the issue, its effects both general and on specific communities, and what can be done about it.
The role of prescribing practices in managing chronic pain with opioids
Norm Buckley and Jason Busse from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care discuss prescribing practices, managing chronic pain with opioids, and the contribution of licit and illicit opioids towards the Canadian opioid crisis.
Opioid use for chronic pain: Part 2
Norm Buckley and Jason Busse from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research & Care in Canada probe the effectiveness of opioid use in Canada as a treatment for chronic noncancer pain.
Using of opioids for chronic pain: Controversies, guidelines, research needs
First in a series of five articles, Norm Buckley and Jason Busse explore the trials and tribulations associated with using opioids for chronic pain, particularly in Canada.
