Chronic pain is something that affects a lot of our patients.
Reliance on medication comes with a lot of side effects and we encourage you to reflect and reduce your painkiller use.
Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership have created a dedicated website dealing with Chronic Pain Management with a number of useful links and resources available,
Live Well with Pain is another excellent resource for helping you to manage your pain.
In particular the "Ten Footsteps" programme can help you reduce your dependence.