• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  This session is part of the Pain Management Specialty Pharmacist series. It explores the effective management of pain within the context of the current opioid crisis. This session explores non-prescription treatment options including herbal, supplement, vitamin, antihistamine, topical, stimulant, and electrical treatments. Interventional pain-management therapies, including nerve blocks and injections, radio-frequency ablations, neurostimulation, pain pumps, and surgical treatment options, are discussed within the context of effective pain management. Various NSAIDs are evaluated based on structural class, individual characteristics, unique side effects, and anticipated drug-drug interactions.

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   18286H01_4pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   18286H01_2pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recognize appropriate patient recommendations and explanations for non-prescription treatment options including herbal, supplement, vitamin, antihistamine, topical, stimulant, and electrical treatments.

  Differentiate NSAIDs based on structural class, individual characteristics, unique side effects, and anticipated drug-drug interactions.

  Select appropriate patient recommendations and explanations for non-opioid prescription treatment options including botulinum toxin, antihistamine, transdermal, and topical medications.

  Identify appropriate patient explanations for interventional pain management therapies including nerve blocks and injections, radio-frequency ablations, neurostimulation, pain pumps, and also surgical treatment options.

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-642687

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-18-286-H01-P
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

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