Pain Management and Stewardship

Pharmacy professionals play a crucial role in providing patient care for pain management and stewardship. Helping patients manage pain encompasses the foundations of pain care and patient communication; clinical practice guidelines and stewardship frameworks; pharmacological pain management; nonpharmacological and behavioral pain management; interprofessional community resources; safe use, storage, and disposal of medications; and professional development and training. These resources are intended to support pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists in providing evidence-based, patient-centered care, and to enhance opioid stewardship efforts across Wisconsin.

Pharmacological Pain Management

Non-Opioid and Multimodal Therapies	Safe Prescribing	Tapering and Deprescribing
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Nonopioid Therapies for Pain American Family Physician: Pharmacologic Therapy for Acute Pain American Family Physician: Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain	StatPearls: Responsible Controlled Substance and Opioid Prescribing United States Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense: Buprenorphine for the Management of Chronic Pain	Health Services Advisory Group: Opioid Tapering Decision Tree United States Department of Health and Human Services: Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tapering Opioids for Chronic Pain

Nonpharmacological and Behavioral Pain Management

Clinical Practice Guidelines and Stewardship Frameworks

Safe Use, Storage, and Disposal of Medications

Interprofessional Community Resources

Foundations of Pain Care and Patient Communication