Chronic Pain: Treating the Long Game

Chronic Pain: Treating the Long Game

This training will cover the impact of hyperalgesia and cross tolerance on chronic pain among patients with opioid dependence and/or who are on medications for opioid use disorder. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for chronic pain management will be discussed. Participants will acquire tools for identifying pain severity and evaluating opioid use disorder in patients on chronic opioid therapy.

At the end of this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify the impact of hyperalgesia and cross-tolerance on the chronic pain experience with patients on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or with opioid dependence.
• Name at least two non-pharmacological and two adjunctive pharmacological treatments for chronic pain management.
• Implement the PEG scale to identify the severity of chronic pain appropriately.
• Evaluate symptoms of opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients on chronic opioid therapy.

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