Abuse Deterrent Pain Management CME

Upcoming Clinician Education on New Abuse-Deterrent Formulations in Pain Management

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Log into PainCareLive on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 2:00 PM ET for a live online CME Certified activity discussing the safety, efficacy, and tolerability profiles of abuse-deterrent opioid formulations and their potential to reduce opioid misuse/abuse in treating patients with acute or chronic pain.  This accredited program, Targeting Opioid Misuse: Abuse-Deterrent Formulations in the Management […]

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The American Opioid Epidemic: Where We Stand In 2016

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According to statistics compiled from the CDC, more than 165,000 people in the US died as a result of overdoses due to prescription medications from 1999 to 2014. The rate continues climbing with over 14,000 deaths in 2014 alone. While death is the most dangerous end-point, that is just the tip of the iceberg. It […]

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Medical Highlights of 2016: The Good and the Bad

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2016 saw many changes happening in the medical arena; some good, some bad, and some just interesting.  Many familiar characters played a role on the medical stage, more observed quietly, and some new voices rang out expressing what needs to be fixed and where medicine should journey. A look back at medical highlights of 2016 […]

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