Chronic Pain

Management strategies for long-term pain.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Pain ManagementGeneral Practice

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regional clinical guidance

Chronic Pain: guidance by region

Recommendations, thresholds and pathways can differ. Open the page written for the jurisdiction you need.

United StatesChronic noncancer pain assessment and safer treatmentPain · reviewed 2026-08-20 CanadaChronic pain (primary + secondary) — assessment + management principlesPain · reviewed 2026-08-20 AustraliaChronic pain (primary + secondary) — assessment + management principles: source-status boundaryPain · reviewed 2026-08-20

Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Chronic pain

NICE guideline [NG193]

NICE guideline [NG193]: Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s

SIGN 136 • Management of chronic pain

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: management of acute and chronic pain

ASH SCD Guidelines: Management of Acute and Chronic Pain

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022

Chronic Pelvic Pain: ACOG Practice Bulletin

Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group

European clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic non-cancer pain

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines on Regenerative Medicine Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Consensus Report from a Multispecialty Working Group

FIGO–IPPS consensus statement: Addressing the global unmet need for chronic pelvic pain

Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Practice Guidelines for Chronic Pain Management (Anesthesiology)

Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic Pain (2022) - VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline