Fighting  The Opioid Epidemic

Friday, March 1, 2019

Epidemic (NAPSA)—According to the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health care professionals could save more than 130liveslostto the opi- oid epidemic each day. How? With a deeper understanding of pain,pain medication andaddiction, especially related to opioids. Communities rural and urbanare witnessing a growing and deadly phenomenon, while health care providers feel caught between prescribing guidelines and patients’ needs. staggering, buthealth care professionalsare learning to better man- age patients ‘To addressthis issue, doctors, nurses, dentists, physician assistants, pharmacists and other clinicians can take courses from CMEOutfitters and USF Health, supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson, that provide strategies for how and when to prescribe opioids, better understand the biologic underpinnings ofpain and addiction, andlookattargeted, effective andsafe treatmentalternatives. Fighting the opioid epidemic in our communities goes beyond educatingthe health care professionals whoprescribe opioids to educating patients as well. If youare prescribed an opioid: + Make sure you understand yourtreatmentandwhatto expect + Learn howto safely dispose of unused medication + Understand how to help loved ones struggling with addiction + Know whatlifesaving measures you cantake in case of an overdose. Learn more at www.cmeoutfitters. com/rx4pain.

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