Learning Objectives

After completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Assess the risk level of those chronic pain patients most likely to benefit from opioid therapy
• Identify appropriate opioid analgesic agents, based on safety and efficacy data and patient presentation
• Optimize analgesia through titration, rotation, and conversion
• Use appropriate documentation to support opioid prescribing

Target Audience

Neurologists, family physicians, general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, rheumatologists, physical medicine and
rehabilitation specialists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other physicians and healthcare professionals who treat patients with pain.

Agenda