PRESCRIBING AND DEPRESCRIBING OPIOIDS TO OLDER ADULTS

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: 2:45pm - 3:45pm
  • Track: Clinical Practice
  • CME/CE: 1.0
  • Type: In-Person, Virtual

Moderator: Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, FASCP 
Presenters: S. Orion Courtin, MD, MHS; Holly M. Holmes, MD, MS, AGSF; Sarah N. Hilmer, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Learning Objectives: (1) review opioid practice updates; (2) develop a practical risk-benefit framework for decision making on the initiation, continuation, dosage modification, and discontinuation of opioid analgesics in the treatment of acute and chronic pain; and (3) discuss whether there is an increased risk of use of opioids concomitantly with gabapentin.