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Pain Management and it’s impact on Addictions

November 11, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

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Registration deadline: 10/28/2022

Trainer: David Porter

David A. Porter is an LADC with 22 years clinical experience in a variety of settings including private practice, Community mental health clinics, a MAT (Medication Assisted treatment) Program and a program for the severely/chronically mentally ill. He also has 26 concurrent years’ experience teaching behavioral sciences (Psychology, Criminology, and Substance abuse) at four different colleges. He has written over 400 behavioral science, neuroscience, culinary articles and photo essays.

Description:

Chronic physical pain is a condition experienced by many people who also suffer from substance use disorders (SUD.)  Treatment for such pain is often regarded by the patient as their first exposure to medications upon which they later become dependent.  Once treatment is sought for SUD, chronic pain persists, often worsens, and becomes of primary concern to the patient.

In this seminar we will discuss the role of pharmaceutical opiates in the development of SUD in individuals, as well as in the development of the current epidemic of opioid use in the United States.  We will review current pharmacological, physical, and psychological approaches to chronic physical pain in patients with a co-occurring substance use disorder.      

Agenda:

9:00-9:15 Welcome and introductions
9:15-9:45 History of opioids for pain management
9:45-10:15 History of opioids and other meds for pain management
10:15-10:30 Break
Pain-management strategies for those with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
10:30 – 10:45 Pharmaceutical (non-opioid)
10:45 – 11:00 Pharmaceutical – the role of opiates?
11:00 – 12:00 Physical
12:00 – 12:15 Psychological and Spiritual
12:15 – 12:30 and questions

Learning objectives:  

At the end of this seminar, the attendee will be able to

  • Review the history of opiates for pain management as well as their current utility for those without SUD
  • Understand how marketing strategies of pharmaceutical companies contributed to the current opioid crisis
  • Discuss management of chronic pain for patients with SUD, including pharmaceutical, physical,  psychological, and spiritual strategies.