Quality prescribing for chronic pain 2026-2029: consultation

13. Abbreviations

ACE Angiotensin Converting Enzyme

ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

ADR Adverse Drug Reaction

ANP Advanced Nursing Practitioners

BMI Body Mass Index

BP Blood Pressure

CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

CHM Commission on Human Medicines

CNS Central Nervous System

Cox-2 Cyclooxygenase-2

DFM Dependence Forming Medications

DIRE Diagnosis, Intractability, Risk, and Efficacy

DXA Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry

ECS Emergency Care Summary

eGFR estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

EMIS Electronic Medical Information System

FBC Full Blood Count

GAD Generalised Anxiety Disorder

GI Gastrointestinal

HbA1c Hemoglobin A1C (Glycated Haemoglobin)

HCP Healthcare Professional

HEPMA Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration

HIS Healthcare Improvement Scotland

HRT Hormone Replacement Therapy

IASP International Association for the Study of Pain

KIS Key Information Summary

LTC Long-Term Condition

MDT Multidisciplinary Team

MED Morphine Equivalent Dose

MHRA Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

MMSE Mini-Mental State Exam

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NES NHS Education for Scotland

NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

NNH Number Needed to Harm

NNT Number Needed to Treat

NSAID Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

NTI National Therapeutic Indicators

OOH Out Of Hours

OT Occupational Therapy

PRN Pro Re Nata

PROMs Patient Reported Outcome Measures

SIGN Scottish intercollegiete Guidelines Network

SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

S-LANSS Self-report- Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs

SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed

SMC Scottish Medicines Consortium

SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

STU Scottish Therapuetic utility

TCA Tricyclic Antidepressants

UTI Urinary Tract Infection

WHO World Health Organisation