Assess & Control Pain Educational Materials

  • About Fentanyl patches

    Fentanyl (also called Duragesic®) is an opioid used to reduce pain. Learn how to safely use this medicine.

  • About patient controlled analgesia (PCA)

    Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) allows the patient to give themselves pain medicine safely by pressing a button. Learn more about how PCA works.

  • Buzzy® device for pain relief

    The Buzzy® Pain Relief Device can help your child have less pain from shots and other procedures that use needles. Learn about how the device works and how it is used.

  • Epidural pain relief

    Your child may receive pain medicine through an epidural catheter. Learn more about this method and how it may aid in your child's recovery from surgery.

  • Heat treatment for your child

    Heat can help relieve your child’s pain. It can also help loosen stiff joints and relax your child. St. Jude staff use heat treatment in the hospital, and you can also use it at home. It is very important to give heat treatment safely, or you can burn your child.

  • Nerve block injections or infusions

    A nerve block injection or infusion can help reduce pain. Learn what to expect if your child is having this procedure.

  • Stopping pain and sedation medicines

    Your child might need medicines to control pain and anxiety or help them sleep. If your child took them for 5 days or longer, they must be “weaned off the medicine.” This means your child is given a lower dose each day over several days until the medicine is stopped.

  • Using lidocaine to reduce needlestick pain

    Lidocaine cream and the J-Tip® numb the skin before a needle is put into the skin. Learn more about using lidocaine to reduce your child’s pain.

  • Using the CADD®-Solis pump for nerve block infusions

    Learn about about the CADD®-Solis pump, a device that infuses a medicine called an anesthetic that will help your child feel less pain after surgery.

  • What you can do to help your child in pain

    A child with cancer or other diseases treated at St Jude will likely have pain at times. Learn more about pediatric cancer pain—its causes and treatment.

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