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Opioid Prescribing Hotline

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Are you an Ontario family doctor or nurse practitioner who prescribes opioids to help your patients with pain management?

Call the recently expanded Opioid Prescribing Hotline to speak to a drug information pharmacist who can answer your questions about opioid tapering, switching, interactions and withdrawal – in real-time.


1-866-939-6464


Hours
Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.


For more information, contact PainQI@hqontario.ca.

For non-urgent questions best answered by a physician specialist, try the Ontario eConsult Program or the Medical Mentoring for Addictions and Pain Network.


ONTARIO PAIN MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

Tools to help manage your patients’ pain (including appropriate use of opioids) from partners across the province.

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