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Course

ECHO: Pain Management for People with Opioid Use Disorder

Details

Published Date: 03/31/2023

CE Credit: No CE

Description

This session will describe basic opioid pharmacology, including dependence and tolerance. It will overview the impact of opioid tolerance on achieving adequate analgesia and review strategies for pain management using opioid and non-opioid medications.

Presenter(s)

Neha Pawar,MD

Neha Pawar, MD specializes in the treatment of addiction and pain medicine. Dr. Pawar serves as a Senior Instructor at the Wilmont Cancer Center’s Integrated Cancer Pain Clinic in their Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Services. She is also a Senior Instructor for the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Addiction Psychiatry.

Continuing Education Credit Information