User section

This section lists all the entries that you will find under various tabs on this microsite.

  • My Opioid Manager (MyOM Book)

    A reference for users

    This reference book, developed by the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, describes, in chapters, the different types of pain, the types and actions of opioids, how to use them and, in the appendices, the different aspects of pain, its impact on daily life and the risk of overdose associated with opioid use. With its many diagrams and tables, this book is a useful tool for discussion between physician and patient. My Opioid Manager is also available as a mobile app, My Opioid Manager (MyOM) App.

  • Naloxone (Narcan®) (available in French only)

    The PROFAN project (Prévenir et réduire les overdoses – Former et accéder à la naloxone) [Preventing and reducing overdose – Training on and access to naloxone] teaches peers how to administer naloxone, a drug that has been used for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose for 40 years. The PROFAN project was launched by the peer support association, Méta d’Âme, in collaboration with CRAN and Montreal’s Public Health Branch. For more information, click on the link opposite, then on PROFAN at the top of the page.

  • Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

    For adults and spouses

  • PORTICO : Portail d'information sur les opioïdes

    Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Toronto

    Ce portail d'information fournit une ample documentation sur les opioïdes, incluant les opioïdes d'ordonnance, la prévention des surdoses, les troubles liés à l'utilisation des opioïdes, le suivi de la grossesse en situation de consommation d'opioïdes, les traitements et d'autres sujets pertinents.

  • PROFAN (Prévenir et réduire les overdoses – Former et accéder à la naloxone) [Preventing and reducing overdose – Training on and access to naloxone]

    This training program was created by Méta d'Âme and the Centre de recherche et d'aide pour narcomanes (CRAN) for people who use or have used opioids and their families. To find out more, go to metadame.org (click on PROFAN at the top of the page). To register, call 514 529-9000.

  • PROFAN - Video

    Méta d’âme and CRAN made a video to accompany the PROFAN training program. It is just under 10 minutes long and goes over the notions participants learned about during the training program.

  • Programme Alerte – Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ) [Alert program – Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ)]

    The Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ) created the Programme Alerte [Alert program] to counter prescription drug abuse by preventing people from obtaining medications from multiple prescribing physicians and pharmacists or using forged or altered prescriptions. The program helps patients and health professionals by encouraging appropriate medication use.

    To obtain a “Formulaire pour une ordonnance fausse ou falsifiée” [Prescription forgery report form; available in French only] or a “Formulaire d’enquête” [Inquiry form; available in French only], click here to go to the “Pharmaciens” section (secure access for OPQ members only). If you are a physician, you can ask your patient’s pharmacist for the form.

  • NADA protocol (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association)

    The NADA protocol is a five-point ear acupuncture protocol. While initially developed to treat addiction, it is now used as a complementary therapy in various fields, including pain management, behavioural health and cancer treatment.

  • What is mindfulness meditation?

    ECSA (European Community Studies Association) – Faculty of Psychology (Belgium). French-language site on mindfulness in psychotherapy

    This Belgian site presents the indications and contraindications for this type of meditation, its psychological benefits, its practice and false beliefs associated with it.

  • Resources for the treatment of chronic pain and opioid use disorders (interactive maps )

    To locate a pain clinic or an addiction rehabilitation centre, click on the side button.

  • Health Canada: Opioid Pain Medications

    This page on Health Canada’s website gives general information about prescription opioid medications compared with other types of pain medications. It describes the side effects, the potential for abuse and addiction, safety concerns and how to minimize the risks.

  • Stratégies d’intervention pour aider efficacement les personnes souffrant de douleur chronique [Strategies to effectively help people suffering from chronic pain; available in French only]

    Presentation at CRAN on January 28, 2016 by Frédérick Dionne, Ph.D., Psychologist and Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

    This practical booklet presents the main characteristics of cognitive and behavioural therapy (CBT) and, more specifically, acceptance and commitment therapy. The goal of the approach is to help the patient to accept pain in his life, enabling him to resume his daily activities. ACT does not relieve symptoms directly, but instead works on improving the patient’s quality of life.

     

    The booklet, which is intended for both patients and care providers, contains slides from the presentation and spaces for notes. At the end, there are suggestions for guided meditations available online that can be accessed directly by clicking on the links. The themes are as follows:

    • Five-minute focus on breathing
    • Bring awareness to your breathing, encompassing the whole body
    • Reconnect with your body by doing a body scan
    • Learn from pain from the perspective of the wise observer
    • Leaves on the river
    • Take a break with “the breath space”

     

     

  • Treatment of Opioid-Use Disorders

    Marc A. Schuckit, New England Journal of Medicine, July 28, 2016. 

  • Yoga and chronic pain

    Annie Courtecuisse, a yoga teacher who specializes in yoga for older adults, has published a practical guide to tell people who suffer from chronic pain about yoga.

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