ADVANCED OPIOID WORKSHOP Transforming Practice To Save Lives “Elevating the Role of the Pharmacist” Four dynamic modules of content will be covered: 1) Pain Management Topics and Best Practices 2) Harm Reduction Topics and Service[...]

ADVANCED OPIOID WORKSHOP Transforming Practice To Save Lives “Elevating the Role of the Pharmacist” Four dynamic modules of content will be covered: 1) Pain Management Topics and Best Practices 2) Harm Reduction Topics and Service[...]

An event for RNs, LPNs, and other health care professionals who are caring for patient with pain. Pain assessment is crucial if pain management is to be effective. Nurses are in a unique position to assess[...]

Literature has shown that prescribers receive little education on the treatment of pain, resulting in less effective pain treatment with worse outcomes. Attendees will learn the evidence-based analysis of the relative effectiveness of medications and[...]

Prescription opioid pain medications are responsible for more deaths in North Carolina than heroin and cocaine combined. And, if current trends continue, unintentional poisoning deaths will surpass motor vehicle deaths as the leading cause of[...]

Overview Accidental opioid overdose has reached epidemic levels and is a leading cause of death in the United States. In North Carolina opioid misuse is a very present and very real problem. During 1999-2016, opioid-related[...]

Opioid dependence is epidemic in the United States. While progress has been made in training providers, the gap in providing effective treatment of opioid use disorders continues to widen – moving beyond heroin addicted individuals[...]

As the opioid epidemic rages on, better approaches to the understanding and management of pain are needed by healthcare providers “in the trenches”. This annual, interprofessional conference has been expanded from one day to one[...]

ADVANCED OPIOID WORKSHOP Transforming Practice To Save Lives “Elevating the Role of the Pharmacist” Four dynamic modules of content will be covered: 1) Pain Management Topics and Best Practices 2) Harm Reduction Topics and Service[...]

Please join us for the inaugural Addiction Medicine Essentials 2018 conference, to be held November 16-17 in Durham, NC. The event will provide addiction medicine basics for a range of healthcare professionals working in primary[...]

Literature has shown that prescribers receive little education on the treatment of pain, resulting in less effective pain treatment with worse outcomes. Attendees will learn the evidence-based analysis of the relative effectiveness of medications and[...]