Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

The Canadian Guideline is presented in two separate documents: 
Part A (Executive Summary and Background)and Part B (Recommendations for Practice).  PDF versions posted on this website are the official Canadian Guideline documents. Web formatted content is the unofficial version of the Guideline. While best efforts have been made to ensure accuracy and consistency with the official documents, if any discrepancies exist in the web format, content of the PDF version shall apply.

http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/opioid/

Please feel free to download the PDF files of the Canadian Guideline documents.
http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/opioid/documents.html