If Opioids Aren't the Answer, Then What Is the Question

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new prescription guidelines strongly urge physicians to reduce their use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of chronic pain. Specifically, the guidelines outline a multidisciplinary approach that includes interventional pain management and limited...

Managing Pain in Workers' Compensation Claims

Pain management is prevalent in the workers' compensation industry as employees are treated for a workplace injury or illness. In managing an injured worker's pain, there are many things to consider, from appropriate utilization of opioid analgesics to the potential impact of underlying comorbid...

Office Based Procedures for Primary Care Practitioners

Many common chronic pain conditions including headache, various types of musculoskeletal pain, and certain neuropathic pain conditions can be successfully treated with office based procedures. In this session, common office based procedures that can be performed to treat chronic pain will be...

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP): Hoax or Hope?

The course will overview current believed mechanisms of actions surrounding platelet rich plasma (PRP) and how it is acquired from patients. It will describe current indications for use and possible side effects of its use. The literature as it stands will be reviewed in depth with specific time...

Acute Pain in Patients With Active Substance Use Disorder

Management of acute pain following surgery or trauma requiring opioid treatment can be particularly challenging in patients with substance use disorders. This session will explore ways to optimize analgesic care, keep patients safe, and promote behavioral consequences that are just and equitable in...

CDC Opioid Guidelines and the National Pain Strategy

In this dynamic and interactive session, Drs. Darnall and Mackey will tag team content that will lead attendees through the recent and relevant political developments including the CDC opioid prescribing guidelines and recommendations from the National Pain Strategy (developed by a committee of 80...

Naloxone Prescriptions for Overdose

Opioid emergencies have risen with the increase in prescribing of opioids. It is imperative that prescribers of opioids know when to coprescribe naloxone therapy to their patients. It goes beyond the patient suspected of misuse and abuse. This presentation will focus on the patients you might not...

Overview: Abuse Deterrent Formulations

Although opioids remain an important tool in aiding the management of pain in the United States, the balance between the potential benefits and harms must be considered. Some specific harms are manifested in the abuse of opioids for nonmedical purposes. The primary access to prescribable opioids for...

Abuse Deterrent Formulations: Part of the Opioid Balancing Act

Certainly the idea of making an opioid safer is very desirable, and the current approach has been to address certain components of the way that these drugs are abused. Most of the products we have currently are focused at abuse through nasal snorting or through injection. We have technologies that...

Neuropathic Pain-Managing the Uncommon

Common neuropathic conditions such as CRPS, postherpethic neuralgia, and diabetic neuropathy have established diagnostic and treatment paradigms. But what about neuropathic disorders that are less frequently encountered? Drs. Badiola and Yi introduce some of these, and what primary care...