More information

Further information related to this fact sheet: Pain-killing drugs.

Related information on Better Health Channel

• Acupuncture.
  
• Cancer pain management.
  
• Drugs - some facts.
  
• Headache and medications.
  
• Medications - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
  
• Medicines and side effects.
  
• Pain management.
  

Related information on other websites

Australian Drug Foundation.
The Merck Manual.

Support groups

Family Drug Help.

References used for this fact sheet

• General Community fact sheet: Analgesics [online], Drug and Alcohol Office, Government of Western Australia. More information here.
• ‘Pain’ [online], in The Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition, Section 6: Brain and nerve disorders, chapter 61. More information here.
• Long, M. (1996), The Family Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Health, The Book Company, Sydney.
• Statistics on Drug Use in Australia 2000 (2001) [online], Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra. More information here.

Quality assurance
This fact sheet, like all fact sheets on the Better Health Channel, has passed through a rigorous and exhaustive approval process. It is also regularly updated. For more information see our quality assurance page.