Chronic Pain Medication (Opioid) Management

Pain medications (pharmacological treatment) may be a part of your chronic pain or acute pain treatment at Center for Pain Management. Pain medicines can be very helpful in allowing you to continue to work, take care of your family and do other things that are important to you. Opioids and other pain medicines are not, however, a substitute for treatment approaches aimed at addressing the pain generator itself, including nerve block injections and physical therapy.

If pain medication is prescribed as part of your treatment, you will be expected to safeguard your medication and comply with the other requirements of your Opioid Agreement.  In addition, failure to participate in the non-medication components of your treatment can result in discharge form the practice.

Opioid medications are not appropriate for all patients. For that reason there is no guarantee that a patient will receive a prescription(s) for pain medication(s) on their first visit.