Dr Giles Hazan, GPwER in Chronic Pain, Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, presents the PCRMM webinar Prescribing in pain: An essential Q&A.

Navigating the gap between clinical guidelines and the complex patient in front of you.

In this recorded session, Dr Giles Hazan tackles the practical hurdles faced by primary care clinicians when managing chronic pain. This webinar moves beyond the basics to explore the delicate balance of pharmacological management, offering strategies for safer and more effective prescribing.

Key areas covered include:

• The Pharmacological Toolkit: A critical look at the “Big Five” (Paracetamol, NSAIDs, Opioids, Gabapentinoids, and Antidepressants) and the specific pitfalls of polypharmacy in the real world.
• The Challenging Consultation: Clinical strategies for managing requests for increased medication and how to effectively “sell” non-drug alternatives using the “internal pharmacy” concept.
• Safety & Deprescribing: Identifying signs of tolerance or addiction and an introduction to the 3 R’s framework for approaching deprescribing conversations and regimes.
• Navigating Trends: How to respond to patient queries regarding cannabis, nefopam, and atypical analgesics in line with current evidence.

Watch this resource to refine your approach to complex pain consultations and gain a clearer framework for balancing patient needs with clinical safety.