AMDA Roundtable Webinar: Exploring Options - Pain Management for Patients with Substance Use Disorder

August 7, 2024

6 - 7 p.m. ET

ACCME CREDITS WILL BE OFFERED.

This webinar will introduce participants to AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Clinical Practice Guideline on Pain Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting and highlight non-opioid medications and non-pharmacological treatment options for managing pain. We will also discuss managing pain in patients with substance use disorder and high-risk patients, and present harm reduction strategies for pain with buprenorphine. The session will also include an interactive discussion between panelists about current challenges and effective strategies for pain management in the nursing home setting and invite questions and comments from participants.

  1. Identify pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options that are appropriate and effective for patients with substance use disorder who are experiencing pain.
  2. Differentiate between opioid use disorder, opioid dependence, chronic pain syndrome, and opioid use without dependence to determine appropriate treatment.
  3. Apply strategies to safely taper and discontinue use of opioids in high-risk patients.
  4. Describe when and how to use buprenorphine.

Ideal for medical directors, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, certified nursing home administrators working in long-term care facilities.

Moderator:

Tana Whitt, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Chief Clinical Officer, MindCare Solutions

Panelists:

  1. Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
  2. Jenn Azen, MD, MPH, Board-certified internal medicine and addiction medicine physician, University of Washington School of Medicine
  3. Anthony Nedelman, PhD, Director of Psychology Services, MindCare Solutions
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