continuing medical education
Presentations & Selected Articles from
"Pain and Addiction: A Workshop for Physicians Who Treat Pain and for Methadone Treatment Providers"
(A pre-conference workshop at the CSAM Addiction Medicine State of the Art 2009 Conference)
Conference Presentations
- Opioids: General Pharmacologic Principles, Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP
- Endocrine Function and Opiate Therapy: Focus on Gonadal Hormones , Harvey S. Bartnof, M.D.
- Hot Topics in Clinical Risk Management , David Kan, MD
- Medication Diversion Reduction, David Kan, MD
- Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia, Paul Kreis, MD
- Update on Cardiac Risk and Methadone, Judith Martin, MD
- Future of Buprenorphine for Pain: the Studies and Experience from Europe, Walter Ling MD
- What Do You Do When There Is No Evidence? Jack McCarthy, MD
- Chronic Low Back Pain, Chronic Neck Pain, Failed Back Surgery, Jerome Schofferman, MD
Selected Articles
- Acute Pain Management for Patients Receiving Maintenance Methadone or Buprenorphine Therapy, Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH; Peggy Compton, RN, PhD; and Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH, Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:127-134.
- Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain, The American Pain Society-American Academy Of Pain Medicine Opioids Guidelines Panel, The Journal of Pain, Vol 10, No 2 (February), 2009: pp 113-130
- Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Long-Acting Oral Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review, Roger Chou, MD et al, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Vol. 26 No. 5 November 2003
- FAQs about CURES and PAR (Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) and Patient Activity Reports)
- Guideline for Physicians Working in California Opioid Treatment Programs, Editor: Deborah K. Stephenson, MD, MPH for the CSAM Committee on Treatment of Opioid Dependence, 2008
- APS-AAPM Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain, 2009
- The Opioid Contract in the Management of Chronic Pain, Scott M. Fishman, MD, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 18 No. 1 July 1999
- Universal Precautions in Pain Medicine: The Treatment of Chronic Pain With or Without the Disease of Addiction, Douglas L. Gourlay, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASAM; Howard A. Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery. 2005; 7 (1) - Patient Activity Report (PAR)
- Sample Agreement: Long-term Controlled Substances Therapy for Chronic Pain (American Academy of Pain Medicine)
- Agreement: Long-term Treatment with Controlled Substances (Sample agreement created by Edward Covington, MD (Rev December 30, 2005)
- Sample: Informed Consent for Opioid Analgesia (Sample of a patient agreement and informed consent document), Miotto K, Compton P, 2004
- Sample patient agreement form / Theodore V. Parran, Jr., MD / 2008
Order Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide by Scott Fishman, Published by the Federation of State Medical Boards
