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Opioid Prescribers - Educate Your Patients

OPIOID PRESCRIBERS: Educate Your Patients Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, and opioid analgesics can provide relief for some patients who sorely need it. Over the past decade there has been a fourfold increase in As a prescriber, one of the most challenging situations you face is how to effectively communicate with your patients about the safe use of opioids for chronic pain. However, that rise coincides with an increase in unintentional and intentional abuse of opioids, many involving extended-release, long-act- ing (ER/LA) formulations. opioid prescribing. EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THERAPY & ENGAGEMENT Why Safe Use & Management are Important Why Your Guidance is Important 50% of participants in a joint Kansas State/- Michigan State study older than 50 failed to notice a warning label on prescription vials 75% of prescription drug overdose deaths in 2010 involved opioid analgesics Explain the Need for Safe Storage Consider a Patient Discuss the Safe Outline the Prescriber Agreement Use of ER/LAS Dangers of Sharing • Sharing ER/LA opioids is illegal, is a major health risk, and can have danger- • Advise the need for patients to keep ER/LA opioids in a safe and secure location away from children, family members and visitors • Helps patients and family members understand the • Explain how to take ERALA opioids as prescribed goals of treatment as well as safe use of medications Discuss product-specific • information about any ous side effects for unintended users. Can include the • importance of the need for follow-up visits, to adhere with appropriate monitoring for benefits and harms, and to safe- guard medications medication you are prescribing • 75% of people who 56% of teens say it's misuse prescription opioids use drugs prescribed to easy to get prescription drugs from their parents' medicine cabinets someone else 10% of teens admit abusing or misusing a prescription painkiller in the past year THERE'S MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE Empower yourself to work through difficult decisions regarding patients and opioids. Get validated tools, skills, and confidence in how to safely prescribe opioids for patients that may benefit. Implement systems that minimize the risks of opioid misuse including addiction and overdose. Participate in a free, CME/CE-certified online education program on Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE). www.scopeofpain.com Provided by: Planned in Collaboration with: Sources: U.S. Food and Drug Administration - "Blueprint for Prescriber Education for Extended-Release and Long Acting Opioid Analgesics"; National Institute on Drug Abuse - "Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction"; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "Drug Overdose in the United States: Fact Sheet" BOSTON "rerian a STATE MEDICAL BOARDS CMSS UNIVERSITY

Opioid Prescribers - Educate Your Patients

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This is one of three infographics in the Scope of Pain series produced for the continuing education of health care providers who prescribe extended-release long acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics. This ...

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