Understanding

Get A Better Understanding of Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Management of Pain

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This webcast will discuss Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Management of Pain. This program will provide a concise review for practical, non-opioid treatment paradigm and perform high-yield, focused pain assessment. It will also summarize current best practices for non-opioid medications. Additionally, learners will be able to describe safe and effective treatments for common pain syndromes.

Today, we’re pleased have Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Dr Melissa Tornero-Bold back on the program. Melissa specializes in pain medicine and neuromodulation.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Discuss common non-opioid medications 
  • Understand best evidence for most effective treatments of acute, subacute, and chronic pain

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Condition-specific
  • Combination Therapy
  • Efficacy

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

On-line Education Provides Understanding of Suboxone Treatment

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 On-line Education Provides Understanding of Suboxone Treatment. On this CME webcast, we are going to examine how buprenorphine and Suboxone fit into the management of the opioid-addicted patient in the hospital. To tell us how this works in the emergency department is Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Dr. Emily Kauffman. And to tell us about medication assisted treatment for inpatients is hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Margaret Williams.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: EXPLAIN why Medications-Assisted Treatment (MAT), specifically buprenorphine (suboxone) is effective for treatment of Opioid Use Disorder; DESCRIBE the importance of addressing opioid use disorder in all patient encounters, beginning with the Emergency Department.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • The role of the emergency department in treating opioid addiction
  • The role of medication assisted therapy in hospitalized patients
  • Project DAWN
  • RREACT
  • Management of opioid-dependent patients who are NPO
  • DEA-X waivers

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.