Pain and Addictions Albro Lake (PAAL)

The Pain Management unit at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, in partnership with the North End Community Health Centre, has opened a new collaborative, inter-disciplinary clinic.

PAAL is a community-based tertiary care clinic available to all Nova Scotians by referral.

The target population is patients with chronic pain and any of the following:

• Patients with addiction, in or out of treatment, suffering from acute or chronic pain
• Patients prescribed opioids for complex pain management problems transitioning from inpatient to outpatient care
• Active addiction
• History of addiction
• High opioid dose
• Opioid aberrant behaviours
• No primary care prescriber