Speaker(s):

Doug Burgess, MD

Evan Schwarz, MD

Dayana Arteaga, DO

Percy Menzies, M. Pharm.

Drew Shoemaker, MD

Angeline Stanislaus, MD

Presentation:

The ECHO model has been recognized as an effective method for distributing and supporting the implementation of evidence based practices to rural areas. This model utilizes teleconferencing technology to link experts in the treatment of opioid use disorder with clinicians interested in learning and implementing evidence based practices in the treatment of a particular condition. This presentation will consist of a live session of the Opioid Use Disorder ECHO. There will be a 20 min didactic on a topic pertaining to the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder followed by a case presentation and discussion. The didactic covered during this presentation will be management of acute pain in patients being treated for opioid use disorder.

Objectives:

  1. Utilize the ECHO model as a tool to help implement evidence based treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
  2. Describe 1 strategy for addressing acute pain management in patients treated with methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone
  3. Understand the potential for synergistic pain control when combining buprenorphine with full agonist opioids

Slides and Handouts:

BURGESS_Management of Acute Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder STI