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Pain: treatment during pregnancy
3 April 2025A summary of pharmacological options commonly used to treat pain in primary care.
An example oral opioid switch from morphine to oxycodone
1 April 2025An example scenario to support you when switching or advising on switching between morphine and other oral opioids in cancer and palliative care.
Estimating dose equivalence from oral morphine to other opioids
1 April 2025Use our tool to obtain approximate dose equivalences of oral morphine to other oral opioids and help you calculate an estimated equivalent daily dose.
Switching between morphine and other opioids in palliative care
1 April 2025Switching between oral morphine and other oral opioids requires care and thoughtful application of a stepped process.
Developing opioid safety across a system
26 March 2025Strategies and signposting to support safer use of opioids for chronic, non-cancer pain.
Using strong opioid analgesics during breastfeeding
26 May 2023Morphine is the strong opioid analgesic of choice for treating pain in breastfeeding. Recommendations apply to full term and healthy infants only.
Morphine: informing intrathecal risk assessment
11 August 2022Morphine sulfate products vary in their licensed status and other characteristics which affects their suitability for intrathecal administration
Example medicines to prescribe by brand name in primary care
27 March 2022Prescribe certain medicines by brand to ensure supply of the same product. Examples are grouped by therapeutic area. The list of products is not exhaustive.
Supply and/or administration of Controlled Drugs under a PGD
16 November 2021The legal position on the supply and/or administration of controlled drugs under Patient Group Directions is summarised