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Opioids Clinical Primer

This six-part program provides an overview of key concepts and skills for clinicians facing common challenges in the management of patients with chronic pain, including reducing the risks of opioids and addressing opioid use disorder.

This six-part program provides an overview of key concepts and skills for clinicians facing common challenges in the management of patients with chronic pain, including reducing the risks of opioids and addressing opioid use disorder.

Managing Chronic Pain

Explore our three courses below. Don’t forget to explore the resource section and our other related courses on managing opioid use disorder.

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Courses
Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain: Moving Beyond Opioids
Explore how to optimize non-opioid medications for the management of chronic non-cancer pain. Learn how to collaborate with patients to use non-pharmacologic strategies such as physical activity, physical therapies, self-management programs, and psychological therapies for pain self-management. Discover available resources to assist you in helping your patients manage their chronic pain.
Mental Health, Chronic Pain, and Substance Use: Addressing the Connections
Understand how mental health conditions such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders and a history of trauma may contribute to and complicate the management of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) and substance use disorders. Explore how to use brief interventions and referral for treatment for patients with these overlapping conditions. Consider ways to incorporate trauma informed care into practice.
Safer Opioid Prescribing Strategies
Understand your role in minimizing opioid-related harms through patient education and safe prescribing and dispensing practices. Learn how to assess patients on opioids for adverse effects, and when and how to taper and switch opioids. Select patients who are likely to benefit from opioids and are at a lower risk of harm.