Opioids

Register for free to earn Up to 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ with Learning Objectives that include the latest practices for assessing and managing acute and chronic pain, current guidelines on the appropriate use of opioids for pain management, and evidence-based strategies for recognizing and treating opioid use disorder.

the latest about opioid use disorders, including recent advances in opioid rehabilitation programs, treatments, and public health and institutional interventions.

Implementing Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care.

aids the education of medical students, residents, fellows, practicing physicians, and other health care providers in pain management.

The clinical opiate withdrawal scale (COWS) that rates eleven common opiate withdrawal signs or symptoms. The summed score of the eleven items can be used to assess a patient's level of opiate withdrawal and to make inferences about their level of physical dependence on opioids.