An individual Portrait on prescribing the non-opioid pain medications gabapentin, pregabalin, and cyclobenzaprine was sent to approximately 6000 family doctors in BC. Physicians have been randomly divided into two groups to receive the Portrait at...
Some prescribers “titrate” patients to high “target” doses of cyclobenzaprine, duloxetine, gabapentin or pregabalin; and some guidelines advocate progressive dose increases.1-3 Whether intended to minimize adverse effects, or to improve pain relief, this approach is...
The UBC Innovation Support Unit in collaboration with the BC Centre on Substance Use and the Therapeutics Initiative presents: Think Twice! The (lack of) evidence for opioid analgesics to treat minor acute and chronic pain an educational...
Dr. Jessica Otte, MD, CCFP gave this presentation on October 17th, 2020 at the "Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians" virtual conference. Dr. Otte is a family physician in Nanaimo, BC. She has always been passionate...