23 lessons, 20–25 minutes
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Navigating Psychoactive Prescribing

Date and time

23 lessons, 20–25 minutes

Fee

Free

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This course explains how to lower the risks of prescribing psychoactive medications, manage the treatment of chronic pain and substance use disorder, and navigate difficult conversations.

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Chronic pain and substance use disorder
    • Chronic pain and substance use disorder
    • The progression of pain
    • Opioid-induced chronic pain syndrome
    • An integrated approach
  • Prescription opioids and sedatives: side effects and risks
    • Balancing risk and benefit
    • Risk of medical conditions
    • Risk of unintentional overdose
    • Combining opioids with BZRA or sedatives
  • Pharmacovigilance
    • What is pharmacovigilance?
    • PharmaNet
    • Prescribing
    • Pill counts and blister packing
    • Clinical assessment
    • Urine drug screening
    • Special situations
  • Difficult conversations
    • A necessary conversation
    • Treatment agreements
    • Managing agreement breaches
    • Handling difficult conversations
  • Conclusion
    • References
    • Thank you
    • Feedback

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