FDA Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain:What Every Pharmacist Should Know

Objectives

• Explain the essential details within the FDA Education Blueprint that will assist pharmacists in caring for patients with pain
• Outline the range of therapeutic options for managing pain, including nonpharmacologic approaches and pharmacologic (non-opioid and opioid analgesics) therapies
• Explain how to safely and effectively manage patients on opioid analgesics in the acute and chronic pain settings, including initiating therapy, titrating, and discontinuing use of opioid analgesics
• Describe how to counsel patents and caregivers about the use of naloxone for opioid overdose emergency
• Identify patients with opioid use disorder and how to connect with the appropriate treatment resources

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Anna L Kostric, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

Activity Number

0010-0000-21-038-L01-P

CE Hours