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Opioids: From Friend to Foe
March 22, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT

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