This video goes through the WHO Analgesic Ladder used for pain management as well as what are the side effects of analgesic medications. The World Health Organisation analgesia ladder provides a guide on how to prescribe analgesic drugs, which analgesic drugs to use and how to manage pain based on various patient factors.

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Video Timestamps:
0:03 What is the WHO analgesic ladder? What is the WHO analgesic ladder used for?
0:25 How to use the WHO analgesic ladder
0:59 Step 1 - Non Opioid Medications
1:12 What are pain medication adjuvants?
2:01 Step 2 - Weak Opioids
2:54 Step 3 - Minimally Invasive Procedures
3:48 Step 4 - Strong Opioids
5:19 How to examine someone with pain

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