Patient Education Resources

172 Patient Education Resources

Injections for Chronic Pain

| .pdf | PRINT CODE PM85-0277

You and your doctor have decided that you need injections to manage your chronic pain. This pamphlet explains how well injections for chronic pain work, if the injections are painful, how to get ready for your injections, how an injection for chronic pain is done, and the possible side effects and risks.

Interaction des contraceptifs avec les médicaments – sugammadex et/ou aprépitant

| .pdf | PRINT CODE FF85-2202

Les médicaments anesthésiques qui vous ont été administrés pour votre opération peuvent modifier l'efficacité de votre contraceptif hormonal. Ce dépliant vous indique pendant combien de temps vous devez utiliser une méthode contraceptive additionnelle après votre opération. This pamphlet is also available in English.

Iron Infusion Therapy - Yarmouth Regional Hospital

| .pdf | PRINT CODE QV85-1876

Your health care provider has recommended you take intravenous (I.V.) iron infusion therapy to help your body make hemoglobin if you do not have enough iron in your blood. This pamphlet explains how iron infusions are given, possible side effects, and signs of an allergic reaction.

Lithium

| .pdf | PRINT CODE QV85-1937

Lithium is a mood stabilizer. It is most often used in bipolar disorder to prevent or treat mania or depression. This pamphlet explains what symptoms lithium will help with, how your dose of lithium is chosen, possible side effects, and signs of lithium toxicity (too much lithium).

Managing Pain After Surgery

| .pdf | PRINT CODE QV85-0453

This pamphlet explains why you may have pain after surgery, why it is important to control your pain, what your health care team will do to help control your pain, what you can do to keep it under control, kinds of pain medication you will get in the hospital, side effects of pain medications, and more. This pamphlet is also available in French.