LEGAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN PAIN MANAGEMENT- Discuss the legal responsibilities of the pharmacist and prescriber in the use of opioid analgesics, the features of opioid addiction and pseudoaddiction, risk factors and warning signs for opioid addiction, misuse, or diversion, urine drug screening, pain in the long-term care setting, new regulatory issues that are important in opioid management of pain, assessing pain in patients with cognitive impairment or other barriers to communication, emergency department visits in patients using chronic opioid therapy. Distinguish addiction from pseudoaddiction. Recognize risk factors for opioid misuse or diversion. Use urinalysis to screen and monitor patients using opioid therapy. Follow new regulations regarding pain assessment and treatment in the long-term care setting. Use simple clinical instruments to identify individuals with current substance use problems. Identify and monitor patients at risk of opioid overdose or misuse.Use behavioral, physiological, or nonverbal approaches to evaluate pain in patients with cognitive impairment or other barriers to effective. communication.
1.0 Free Contact Hours of CPE for Pharmacists