Chronic Pain Management

CPM-06 - "Games of Chance or Games of Skill:" Choosing the Right Strategy for Pain Management

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

10:40 AM – 11:30 AM PST

Location: Castellana 1 & 2

CE: Contact Hours: 1 | ANCC RX: 0| AANP RX: 0.1 | Mate: 1

Co-Presenter(s)

Jessica E. Geiger, PharmD, MS, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner
VA Northern California
Powell, OH
Timothy J. Atkinson, PharmD

National Program Manager, Pain/Opioid Pharmacy Program Specialist
VHA Pain Management, Opioid Safety, PDMP (PMOP)
Murfreesboro, TN
Jeffrey J. Bettinger, PharmD

Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist
Saratoga Hospital Medical Group
Schenectady, New York

Slides

Course Description: Are you putting it all on red or all on black? Prescribing and managing opioids does not have to be a game of roulette. Join Jess, Jeff and Tim as we discuss choosing the right patient, the right medication and the right plan for opioid therapy. In addition to identifying clinical scenarios for opioid use, we will describe strategies and assessment for patient selection, monitoring for side effects and compliance based on accepted guidelines.

Learning Objectives:

Review clinical situations for when opioids are appropriate for use and when they are not.
Utilize assessment information to determine opioid initiation, continuation and dose escalation
Choose an opioid, route of administration and duration of therapy