Best Practices in Prescribing Opioid

Dr. Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA

“I really enjoyed this speaker and the way he addressed the audience. It was respectful and interactive. Great content, well delivered.

Excellent presentation. Presenter was engaging, easy to follow. Quite useful and relevant information.

His coverage of the material was excellent. I like case studies - I would recommend more case studies.

This talk was a good thought provoking conversation where it had me thinking about how to shift my way of management of poly mediations”
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About This Course

  • Recorded February 18th, 2025 and valid to February 18th, 2028

  • Price $75 for3 Hours

  • ON DEMAND 2025-02-18: Bushardt - Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss key physiologic and common pathophysiologic changes of aging that impact drug therapy.

  2. Apply age-sensitive principles for medication dosing and management to patient scenarios.

  3. List nine key questions useful for identifying and managing inappropriate polypharmacy (i.e. unnecessary medication use) in older adults.

  4. Apply practical tools to screen and appropriately manage complex drug regimens among older adults with or at-risk for drug injury.

  5. Discuss high risk drug-drug and drug-dietary supplement interactions commonly encountered in primary care, including best practices in identifying and managing related toxicities.

  6. Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids: A Regulatory Perspective8.Describe evolving opioid prescribing and regulatory practices in the United States.

  7. Discuss recently released opioid prescribing guidelines, highlighting the relevance to outpatient treatment of pain.

  8. Describe best practices and patient care resources for managing patients with nonmalignant pain, highlighting guidance from a regulatory perspective.

  9. Reflect on challenges in prescribing opioids and other controlled substances with real-world practice examples.

Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA

DFAAPA Professor, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA. PA in Primary Care. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of the American Academy of PAs. Principal Investigator Expansion of Practitioner Education in Substance Use Disorders Program, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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