Symposia
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- Track: Clinical Practice
- CME/CE: 1
- Q & A: Chat
Moderator: Kimberly Beiting, MD
The clinical management of opioid use disorder (OUD) can be challenging in older adults due to co-existing chronic pain and multimorbidity. This clinically focused session will review the use of buprenorphine for OUD and chronic pain in a variety of clinical scenarios that clinicians frequently encounter when caring for older adults. Learning Objectives: (1) review the epidemiology, treatment for opioid use disorder, and recent policy changes with buprenorphine; (2) review how to transition older adults from full agonist opioids to buprenorphine and special considerations for recognizing opioid use disorder in the setting of chronic pain; (3) describe considerations in the perioperative management of buprenorphine including post-operative pain and transitions of care including to skilled nursing facilities; and (4) discuss special considerations in caring for patients with serious illness and opioid use disorder.
| The Epidemiology of Opioid Use Disorder among Older Adults and Policy Implications for Clinicians Benjamin Han, MD |
| Transitioning Older Adults from Full Opioid Agonists to Buprenorphine Serena Cheng, PharmD, BCACP |
| Perioperative Management of Buprenorphine and Transitions of Care Justina Louisa Groeger, MD, MPH |
| Serious Illness and Special Considerations in Caring for Adults with Opioid Use Disorder Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP |