Pain Management

In this recorded CME Outfitters webcast entitled, Finding Balance: Optimizing the Treatment of Patients with Pain, a panel of expert faculty will discuss the 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, changes made since the last Guideline published in 2016, and ways to utilize the new Guideline in the management of pain. Emphasis will be on the need to individualize treatment to the needs of the patient, use of multi-modal pain management strategies, understanding the different pain pathways and biopsychosocial factors individual patients face trying to manage pain.

In this live, CME Outfitters webcast entitled, Finding Balance: Optimizing the Treatment of Patients with Pain, a panel of expert faculty will discuss the 2022 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, changes made since the last Guideline published in 2016, and ways to utilize the new Guideline in the management of pain. Emphasis will be on the need to individualize treatment to the needs of the patient, use of multi-modal pain management strategies, understanding the different pain pathways and biopsychosocial factors individual patients face trying to manage pain.

If you or someone you love is struggling with opioid addiction, having Naloxone on hand and knowing how to administer it can save lives. We've compiled some helpful tools for and guides that may help save the life of someone you care about.

Watch three videos on various aspects of opioid abuse prevention: what is meant by 'prevention,' the role genetics can play in predisposing people toward addiction, and how our communities influence or intervene on early choices.

We’ve assembled resources from opioid and pain management experts across a wide range of topics. From how to safely dispose of old prescriptions to the detailed physiological responses to pain and pain medications, you’ll find it here.

In this CMEOCast podcast episode, expert pharmacists discuss the ways pharmacists can be a resource for patients, including screening tools, opioid overdose information, emergency naloxone, and even referral for additional services.

Understand how, when, and where drugs of abuse affect the brain. Professor Mark Gold, MD, winner of ASAM's Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, takes learners on an augmented reality tour of the brain and how it responds to opioids and other commonly abused drugs.

Understand how, when, and where drugs of abuse affect the brain. Professor Mark Gold, MD, winner of ASAM's Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, takes learners on an augmented reality tour of the brain and how it responds to opioids and other commonly abused drugs.

See highly-technical and animated 3D renderings of how the body processes pain signals, and how the signals are blocked by opioids and other drugs of abuse.

Increasing access to naloxone is essential to reducing overdose mortality. Strategies for increasing access must be thoughtfully developed and deployed to ensure that naloxone is available to any at-risk individual—whether that be an individual with chronic pain or someone with …