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Judicious Prescribing in the Era of Opioid Misuse, Abuse, and Overdose

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Course overview

This 1-hour course will briefly present the pain pathway and general concepts for pain control. A history of the opioid epidemic will be reviewed. Oversupply and diversion, along with updated CDC best practices for prescribing, will be presented. Finally, the newly approved non-opioid analgesic for moderate to severe pain will be presented.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Optometry

Certified Optometrist

1h General

Optometrist

1h General

Texas Optometry Board

Optometric Glaucoma Specialist

1h Opioids

Optometric Glaucoma Specialist Limited License

1h Opioids

Optometrist

1h Diagnostic / Therapeutic

Therapeutic Optometrist

1h Diagnostic / Therapeutic

Therapeutic Optometrist Limited License

1h Diagnostic / Therapeutic

Disclosure statements

Pacific University College of Optometry, Office of Continuing Professional Education,

attests to following the Continuing Education requirements as the Florida Board indicates. This course will be presented as an IN-PERSON program only