Ask the Expert: Chronic Pain (Recorded at Pri-Med South)

Credits: 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: http://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/south-2020-benedetti-chronic-pain  Overview: This lecture will focus on the problem of chronic pain, its burden on the patient, and the societal consequences that result from mismanagement. The faculty will present strategies for pharmacologic (opioid and non-opioid) and nonpharmacologic management of chronic pain and the evidence behind them. With improved insight into controlling and managing opioid therapy as well as medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, you can help protect your patients from the opioid epidemic. Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording/release on February 8, 2020, and they are subject to change as new information is published. Guest: Esther M. Benedetti, MD, FIPP