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Navigating Controlled Substances: Best Practices and Misuse Prevention
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This course explains the differences between drug misuse, drug abuse, and addiction, including critical risk factors associated with drug misuse. Next, it covers topics such as chronic pain and controlled substances, mental illness and controlled substances, and many more in detail. Next, learn about various therapies and address potential harms associated with opioid use including multiple guidelines for controlled substances.
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Navigating Controlled Substances: Best Practices and Misuse Prevention
Learn about drug misuse, drug abuse, addiction and strategies for their safe use in this free online course.
This course explains the differences between drug misuse, drug abuse, and addiction, including critical risk factors associated with drug misuse. Next, it covers topics such as chronic pain and controlled substances, mental illness and controlled substances, and many more in detail. Next, learn about various therapies and address potential harms associated with opioid use including multiple guidelines for controlled substances.
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Course module
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10 Lessons
Introduction to Substance Abuse Prevention
In this module, you will discover how to take charge of controlling and navigating substances and addressing drug misuse, abuse, and addictions in detail. Moreover, you will explore chronic pain assessment and how controlled substances are classified according to schedules and provide examples of drugs on each schedule.
1.Learning Outcomes
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2.Introduction
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3.Chronic Pain and Controlled Substances
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4.Engaging Patients in a Conversation About Naloxone
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5.Nonpharmacological Therapies
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6.Nonopioid Medications for Pain
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7.Prescribing Guidelines for Controlled Substances
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8.Selecting Opioids and Determining Opioid Dosages
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9.Assessing Risk and Addressing Potential Harms of Opioid Use
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10.Lesson Summary
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