Severe pain

Clinical criteria:

  • The treatment must be for short term therapy of acute severe pain,

AND

  • Patient must have had or would have inadequate pain management with maximum tolerated doses of non-opioid and other opioid analgesics; OR

  • Patient must be unable to use non-opioid and other opioid analgesics due to contraindications or intolerance.

Note

Prescribing of drugs of addiction by dentists is not permitted in some States/Territories.