Patient FAQ

Pain is usually called chronic when it lasts more than 3 months. It is common: about 1 in 5 people in Canada live with it.

A hospital-based service, such as the Chronic Pain Clinic at Saint John Regional Hospital, where clinicians assess long-lasting pain and help plan its management. Care often combines several approaches, such as education, physical activity and rehabilitation, psychological strategies, medications and, for some people, procedures.

Patients are seen through the hospital’s Chronic Pain Clinic (Pain Management Services), usually after a referral from a physician or other authorized clinician. Talk to your family doctor or nurse practitioner first.

Physicians: how to refer a patient →

In general: your Medicare card, an up-to-date list of all your medications and supplements, any recent test results or reports you have, a short summary of your pain (where, since when, what helps or worsens it) and a list of your questions. You may bring a support person.

No. He practises only at Saint John Regional Hospital, and patients are seen through the hospital’s services.

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