Opioids: From Friend to Foe

Part two of the series: Closing the Door on Surgery as a Gateway to Persistent Use of Opioids
Presented by Karen R. Boretsky, MD & Sam Reiga, BSN, RN, MBA

• Objectives:
  • Understand the problem of surgery as a gateway to persistent opioid use
  • Discuss the prevalence of opioid overuse as a complication of surgery
  • Discuss opioid sparing alternatives to opioid monotherapy
  • Understand opioid related adverse drug effects and the impact on clinical and cost outcomes
  • Understand the complexity of pain pathways and why multiple analgesic techniques improve outcomes
  • Discuss multimodal, multidisciplinary pain management