Pain Management and Opioids in the Elderly

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on May 25, 2022 - 2:06pm CDT

Resource Type: 
Presentation

This presentation (21:20 minutes) given by Carol Crawford discusses the scope of pain and substance use in the elderly, opioid place in therapy, and the mitigating risks of prescribing an opioid. Other topics include cost of pain, risk for Substance Use Disorder, considerations in the elderly, multimodal approach to pain management, alternative drugs of abuse, and red flags that are suggestive of Substance Use Disorder.

Author(s): 
Carol Crawford
Subject: 
Assessment & Evaluation
Education & Learning
Collections: 
Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection
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