Prolonged pain impacts a patient’s ability to heal effectively. With the opioid epidemic continuing to be a significant problem, and increased risks associated with NSAIDs, physicians and pharmacists continue to seek other options. From local anesthetics, patient-controlled analgesia, steroids, and nerve blockers, to a variety of proven holistic treatments like massage therapies, ultrasound, and changes in diet and exercise, an effective pain management program can be tailored to the patient’s needs while mitigating risk of dependency.
This CMEOCast episode will highlight the root causes of health disparities in pain care and identify best practices for addressing structural and interpersonal racism that cause inequitable pain management, to improve awareness of and address clinician biases in pain care for patients from racial minority backgrounds.
In this CME Outfitters webcast entitled, Revolutionizing Pain Care: Applying the Latest Opioid REMS Education to Your Practice, a panel of expert faculty will discuss the 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, changes made since the last Guideline published in 2016, and ways to utilize the new Guideline in the management of pain. Emphasis will be on the need to individualize treatment to the needs of the patient, use of multi-modal pain management strategies, understanding the different pain pathways and biopsychosocial factors individual patients face trying to manage pain.
In this fourth and final installment of a REMS BriefCase series on pain management faculty will discuss the importance of recognizing the signs of OUD and how to intervene if red flags do appear.
In this second installment of a REMS BriefCase series on pain management, faculty will discuss the CDC Guideline updates and how to successfully implement them
In this third installment of a REMS BriefCase series on pain management, expert faculty will discuss why patient education is vital to creating safe and effective, multimodal treatment plans.
Join expert faculty in this OnDemand initiative as they discuss effective tools and strategies to improve the accurate and early detection of narcolepsy, as well as the latest evidence on optimal treatment strategies to achieve sustained benefits by improving clinical outcomes and facilitating adherence.
In this recorded Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) webcast, faculty will review anticipated updates to the Guidelines and discuss how best to incorporate these updates into practice.
