Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    1. Chronic pain and substance use disorder

    2. The progression of pain

    3. Opioid-induced chronic pain syndrome

    4. An integrated approach

    1. Balancing risk and benefit

    2. Risk of medical conditions

    3. Risk of unintentional overdose

    4. Combining opioids with BZRA or sedatives

    1. What is pharmacovigilance?

    2. PharmaNet

    3. Prescribing

    4. Pill counts and blister packing

    5. Clinical assessment

    6. Urine drug screening

    7. Special situations

    1. A necessary conversation

    2. Treatment agreements

    3. Managing agreement breaches

    4. Handling difficult conversations

    1. References

    2. Thank you

    3. Feedback

About this course

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  • 23 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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