Pharmacy Grand Rounds 8/31/2015: The Aftermath of the Decade of Pain: Alternatives to Opioids in Chronic Pain Management

Rochester, MN US
August 31, 2015

 

Activity Overview

This presentation will review the evidence for non-opioid medication options for the management of chronic pain. Opioid tapering strategies with pertinent individual patient factors to consider for opioid tapering will be discussed.  

Target Audience

  
This continuing education (CE) activity was planned to meet the needs of pharmacists and other clinicians who routinely prescribe and/or monitor medications. 

 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this knowledge-based CE activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Provide an overview of the impact of increased opioid prescribing in chronic pain

  2. Review adjuvant medications used in chronic pain

  3. Describe relevant pharmacokinetic information, concurrent medications and disease states that impact the tapering of opioids

Presentation Rooms

Live Presentation: 

MN-RO-AL-MN-459 MAYO LH

Interactive Video Conference Room(s): 

AZ-PX-MH-01-674F
FL-JA-MA-02-002N
GA-WY-RM-BASEMENT CONF RM
MA_IJ_C201 Specialty
MN-RO-GO-02-101-MATHY LH

 

CE Credit available for attendees of the live presentation and viewers of the live webcast.

 

Participants may claim CE from date of presentation up to two weeks.
 

Pharmacy Grand Rounds Calendar to Access: 

  • Live Webcast Link
  • Video Recording (available two weeks after event date)
  • Supplementary Handout(s)
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 ACPE
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Event starts: 
08/31/2015 - 2:30pm
Event ends: 
08/31/2015 - 3:15pm
Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Marys Campus
1216 2nd Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
United States

Julie L. Cunningham, PharmD, BCPPPicture of Julie Cunningham, PharmD
Director of Clinical Practice
Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Dr. Cunningham obtained a BS degree from the University of Iowa and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Creighton University. She currently is a clinical pharmacist in the outpatient Pain Rehabilitation Program and the Director of Pharmacy Clinical Practice at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Rochester. 

Disclosure Statement

The Mayo Clinic Pharmacy Department and Mayo College of Medicine ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities.  Course Director(s), Education Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of this information will be provided at the beginning of the presentation so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

The faculty reports the following relationships

  • Julie L. Cunningham, PharmD, BCPP
    • Declares no relationships pertinent to this activity
    • Will be discussing off label uses for antiepileptic medications, antidepressants, NSAIDs, acetaminophen, and topical products for the management of chronic pain.

Pharmacy Education Committee Pharmacist Members declare no relationships pertinent to this activity. Planning members include:

  • Tracy Berg, RPh
  • Lisa Buss Preszler, PharmD
  • Julie Cunningham, PharmD
  • Nathan Dahl, PharmD
  • Erin Nystrom, PharmD
  • Garrett Schramm, PharmD
  • Brittany Teftt, PharmD

Available Credit

  • 0.75 ACPE
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
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System and Technical Requirements

Activities are delivered via your web browser and Acrobat PDF. For all activities, you should have a basic comfort level using a computer and navigating web sites. 

Recommended web browsers for optimizing viewing: Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 10 or 11.

This activity is planned and coordinated by the Department of Pharmacy, Education Committee, Mayo Clinic Hospital – Rochester

 

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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.75 knowledge-based contact hours. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category I CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.