Slide presentations from this CME symposium on best practices in opioid prescribing
for chronic pain address the clinical issues surrounding the initiation and long-term
administration of opioid therapy, and the regulatory and legal concerns that must
be appreciated to implement opioid therapy in a safe and effective manner.
Learning objectives from this symposium, held March 19 & 20, 2010, were...
- Evaluate the ongoing controversies regarding opioid therapy, based
on evidence from randomized controlled trials and observational studies.
- Recognize the risks involved with opioid treatment - abuse, addiction and diversion.
- Assess whether long-term opioid therapy is appropriate for a patient,
and know the steps to take to optimize outcomes.
- Manage opioid side effects, and understand the risks of opioid-induced hyperalgesia and methadone cardiac toxicity.
- Identify "at risk" patients and know what actions to take to structure
and optimize treatment, and manage aberrant drug-related behavior.
- Assess the use of abuse-deterrent opioids.
- Manage breakthrough pain.
- Understand the current regulatory and legal climate, nationally and internationally,
concerning prescription of opioid drugs.
View or download selected lectures in Adobe PDF: http://www.stoppain.org/for_professionals/content/education/education.asp
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