Expert Guidance for Effective Management and Appropriate Monitoring of Patients With Pain

Listen as Vanila Singh, MD, MACM, speaks with Maggie Buckley, a woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain, about her experience with pain therapies and different healthcare professionals over the years. They have an enlightening discussion about the challenges both patients and healthcare professionals face in optimizing pain management, with a poignant conversation about how stigma plays a role in pain medicine. They close by offering advice to fellow healthcare professionals and patients on how to approach pain management from both perspectives.

Presenters:

Vanila Singh, MD, MACM
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative, and Pain Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
Chairperson, Former Chief Medical Officer
HHS Pain Management Pain Task Force
US Department of Health and Human Services

Maggie Buckley

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
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for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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Listen as  Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP; Andrew Friedman, MD; and Mark Queralt, MD, answer the most pressing questions from 2 live webinars covering nonpharmacologic, nonopioid, and opioid pharmacologic options for pain management. These webinars are part of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative and are titled, “Managing Pain: A Focus on Nonpharmacologic and Nonopioid Approaches” and “Managing Pain: A Focus on Opioid Analgesic Approaches.”

Presenters:

Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin
College of Pharmacy
Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
Integrated Behavioral Health Department
Austin, Texas

Andrew Friedman, MD
Section Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Mark Queralt, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of the Musculoskeletal Institute
Back and Neck Pain Clinical Director
University of Texas Health Austin
Austin, Texas

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, answers the most pressing questions from the first live webinar of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “What All Practitioners Should Know About Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain.”

Presenter:
Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
West Forsyth Pain Management
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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Listen as Lisa Phipps, PharmD, PhD, provides an overview of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “Patient-Centered Pain Management: An Expert’s Guide to Safe, Effective, and Appropriate Care for Patients With Pain.” This yearlong educational program will bring you complimentary live webinars, on-demand videos, podcasts, decision tools, and ClinicalThought blog posts—all developed with the help of pain and addiction specialists to provide the most up-to-date, clinically sound information on managing patients with pain and/or substance use disorder. In addition, webinars and webcasts will be available for CE/CME credits applicable to all healthcare professionals to further enhance your education and practice.

Presenter:
Lisa Phipps, PharmD, PhD

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:

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In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, and Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC, have an interprofessional discussion of patient cases centered on managing opioid use disorder (OUD). The experts cover both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options, including comparisons of the medications available for OUD. Throughout the discussion, listeners also will learn about addressing OUD with a patient in a professional, nonjudgmental manner; exit strategies for opioid analgesic treatment regimens after OUD is identified; and how to continually assess the level of care that a patient with OUD may need throughout treatment. 

Presenters:  

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Adjunct Faculty
School of Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Department of Psychiatry
VCU Health
Richmond, Virginia

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, provides information on both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options for patients with opioid use disorder. Listeners will gain an understanding of the available counseling programs and medications for opioid use disorder—methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone—including the patient scenarios for which each may be most appropriate. In addition, Dr Weaver emphasizes that substance use disorder is a chronic condition and that optimal treatment involves a multimodal approach.

Presenter:  

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see 
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, discusses the complexities of substance use disorder. He details the neurobiology of addiction, emphasizing that developing a substance use disorder is a brain disease, not a personal choice. Listen in as Dr Weaver provides information on risk factors and screening tools for substance use disorders, as well as helpful guidance on reducing stigma and effectively communicating with patients and caregivers.

Presenter:  

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. 

Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

In this episode,Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, and Sung (Sunny) Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC, have an interprofessional discussion of patient cases centered on substance use disorders. Each expert provides a real-world case example from their practice and weighs in on the importance of educating all healthcare professionals on screening and management practices for use disorders. Listen as they discuss the complexities of addiction and patient care. One case focuses on a patient who is already receiving opioid therapy but has begun exhibiting signs of an opioid use disorder, and the other focuses on a patient who wants to try an opioid prescription but has several “red flags” in her history.

Presenter:  

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
McGovern Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Adjunct Faculty
School of Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Department of Psychiatry
VCU Health
Richmond, Virginia

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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In this episode,Ameet Nagpal MD, MS, MEd, and Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP,discuss the complexities of pain management and the important roles of primary care providers and pain specialists in caring for patients with chronic pain. Listen as they go through a case example to provide insight on the common scenario of inheriting a patient with chronic pain when you do not agree with the previous provider’s treatment plan.

Presenters:
Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd
Incoming Division Chief
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Physical Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
Owner and Family Nurse Practitioner
Wright & Associates Family Healthcare at Amherst and Concord
Amherst, New Hampshire

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
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In this episode, Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP, provides an overview of the life-saving drug naloxone. She discusses its pharmacology, clinical indications, and key role in situations where opioids are prescribed and overdose is possible. Listen as she demonstrates how to discuss naloxone with patients in a nonjudgmental, informative manner.  

Presenters:  

Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
Integrated Behavioral Health Department
Austin, Texas

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi