Description:
This
program discusses rapid increase of opioid use over the past 20 years, potency
and availability of various opioid drugs and the effect on brain and
respiratory depression, and recent increased risks of Fentanyl and use of
Naloxone as an antidote.
Learning Objectives:
- Outline
the recent history of opiates and the opioid epidemic.
- Discuss
the signs and symptoms of opioid abuse and opioid overdose.
- Define
disorders associated with opioid abuse.
- List
laboratory tests commonly used to identify opioid use.
- Discuss
recent regulations and policies designed to address the opioid epidemic.
Author(s):
Solomon Goldenberg, RMA (AMT), MSc, FRCGP (Lon), MBA
Launched: 2018