Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain

After completing Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain, you will be able to: • Discuss the breadth and quality of evidence for the use of opioids for chronic ...

After completing Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain, you will be able to: • Discuss the breadth and quality of evidence for the use of opioids for chronic pain, including current gaps in knowledge. • Describe appropriate assessment, monitoring and documentation strategies to meet best practice standards and medico-legal requirements to support opioid prescribing. • Apply appropriate communications strategies when initiating, managing, and, if necessary, terminating opioids for patients with chronic pain. • Describe, screen for, and manage potential co-morbidities in chronic pain patients. • Apply a practical framework for decision-making on the initiation, maintenance, and discontinuation of opioid analgesics for the treatment of chronic pain. This program meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 4 hours of risk management study and 4 hours of opioid education.Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, and pharmacists

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