Disease index

chronic severe disabling pain

Pain · 2005–2010

4decisions
3medicines
0carried consumer input
0individual submissions

Every decision here pre-dates the consumer comments facility, so no input would be recorded either way.

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate Chronic severe disabling pain not responding to non-narcotic analgesics. The naloxone component is indicated for prophylaxis of opioid-induced constipation. Jul 2010 Not recommended no section in document
oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate Chronic severe disabling pain not responding to non-narcotic analgesics. The naloxone component is indicated for prophylaxis of opioid-induced constipation. Jul 2010 Not recommended no section in document
hydromorphone hydrochloride Chronic severe disabling pain not responding to non-narcotic analgesics, in both cancer and non-cancer patients. Nov 2008 Recommended with restriction no section in document
buprenorphine Chronic severe disabling pain not responding to non-narcotic analgesics in patients taking lower doses of opioids (up to 90 mg of morphine-equivalents a day),… Jul 2005 Recommended with restriction no section in document

What the PBS pays

$349M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 5,979,941 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
buprenorphine $182.7M
oxycodone hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate $163.8M
hydromorphone hydrochloride $2.4M

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 0 of 0 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.