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    Program Type

    Live Webinar

    Credits

    1 Contact Hour(s)

    Release Date

    Friday, January 7, 2022

    Offline Date

    Tuesday, January 7, 2025

    ACPE Expiration Date

    Tuesday, January 7, 2025

    Target Audience

    Pharmacist

    Cost

    $30.00

    • Overview

      This session is part of the Opioid Module, which explores the safe and effective utilization of prescription opioids within diverse pain management treatment plans during the opioid crisis. This session seeks to explore general considerations regarding safe and effective prescription opioid utilization in pain management, including aspects such as renal dosing, hepatic dosing, gradual opioid tapering, opioid rotation, and the calculation of morphine milligram equivalent (MME) daily dosages. This session also reviews the various manners of classifying prescription opioids based on structural class, mechanism of action, origin, and polarity, and controlled substance class.

      Handouts

      • Slide Document :   22024L08_6pp(001).pdf
      • Slide Document :   Charts_Handout.pdf
      • Slide Document :   22024L08_2pp(001).pdf

      Financial Support By

      PharmCon
    • Pharmacist

      Recognize appropriate gradual opioid dosage tapering plans and opioid rotation plans
      Differentiate opioid medications by structural class, mechanism of action, origin, polarity, and controlled substance class
      Recall the metabolism of common prescription opioid medications, and renal/hepatic dosage considerations
      Calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) based on the 2016 CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines
    • Activity Type

      Application

      CE Broker

      20-881353

      Universal Activity Number

      Pharmacist 0798-0000-22-024-L08-P

      ACPE PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

      PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

      In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.


    HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
    Standard Windows/Mac System
    iPad or iPhone
    Minimum screen resolution: 1024x768
    Speakers or headphones
     


    SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
    Microsoft Edge
    Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher
    Google Chrome
    Safari
    Firefox 3.0.3 or higher


    NETWORK REQUIREMENTS
    Broadband Internet Connection:
    T1, Hi-speed DSL or Cable
    4G cellular connection
     
     

    This continuing education activity is held as copyright by PharmCon, Inc. Through this notice, PharmCon, Inc. grants permission of its use for educational purposes only. These materials may not be used, in whole or in part, for any commercial purposes without prior permission in writing from the copyright owner(s).