Getaway Seminars Inc: Opioids, Gabapentenoids, and Cannabinoids for Managing Pain
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Pain Management, Addiction Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Getaway Seminars Inc: Opioids, Gabapentenoids, and Cannabinoids for Managing Pain is organized by Getaway Seminars Inc. and will be held on Sep 22, 2024. This course has been approved for a maximum of 5 CE Hours.
Objectives:
- Discuss the burden of opioid misuse and abuse on the individual and society.
- Differentiate addiction, physical dependency, tolerance, and hyperalgesia.
- Describe the similarities and differences in the mechanism of action for opioids, cannabinoids, and gabapentenoids.
- Compare and contrast the role of opioids, cannabinoids, and gabapentenoids in a) acute postoperative pain; b) chronic low back pain; c) neuropathic pain; d) chronic non-cancer pain; and, e) end-of-life pain crisis.
- Identify typical characteristics of patients who would be identified as “high risk”, “moderate risk” and “low risk: for misusing, abusing, or diverting opioids, and describe the best practice model for properly monitoring patients on opioids.
- Describe how a provider should counsel patients who are started on opioids, gabapentenoids, and cannabinoids to minimize the risks of adverse reactions, over-dosage, and inappropriate compliance.
- Describe how pharmacists and other providers can improve patient and community safety with the use of opioids, gabapentenoids, and cannabinoids.
- Compare and contrast the most common cannabinoids found in marijuana with regard to their benefits and risks in managing pain and other symptoms.
- Compare and contrast the benefits and risks of gabapentenoids in managing pain.
- State the risks of combining opioids with a) benzodiazepines; b) alcohol; c) gabapentenoids; and, d) cannabinoids.
- Describe the role of naloxone in preventing deaths from overdosages.