VANP Zoom Workshop The Problems of Chronic Pain Presented by Christie Fleetwood, ND, RPh, VNMI Saturday, September 7, 2024 9:00 am Eastern
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VANP Workshop
The Problems of Chronic Pain
Presented by Christie Fleetwood, ND, RPh, VNMI
Saturday, September 7, 2024
9:00 am Eastern by Zoom
Meets the OPR requirement for 2 hours controlled substance CE
Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) licensees with a registration number from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), or who have a pending application for a DEA number, or who dispense controlled substances, shall complete at least two hours of continuing education as a condition of license renewal.
Course Description
In today's age of oxycodone addiction, have you considered the rat's cage and conditions alongside the psychological and physiological addiction potential of the drugged water inside the rat's cage? Who reading this summary has ever been prescribed oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, or other controlled substance for pain (back pain, wisdom tooth removal, post-surgery) and found themselves addicted? Or never could have become addicted?
Learning Objectives
· Differentiating between "pain" and "chronic pain" and the levels where either can exist
· Using the Therapeutic Order as a tool for hope and practical application in the office and patients' lives
· Understanding "tips & tricks" of pharmacy (and homeopathy) to guide the deprescribing process
· Recognizing which pain medications can be abruptly discontinued and which ones must be s-l-o-w-l-y tapered. (Spoiler: almost ALL must be slowly tapered. You'll learn how to do this safely, competently, and confidently.)
· Using the Medical History as an overlay to the patient's particular story
About the Presenter
Dr. Fleetwood, pharmacist-turned-naturopathic physician will tell "the rest of the story" (in true Paul Harvey style) in this 3hr Pharmacy CE on the top prescribed drugs for pain, their boxed warnings and other precautions, contraindications, nutrients wasted... AND, how to find the root cause of your patient's suffering then safely, competently, and confidently de-prescribe their pain medications.
CE Approval
This course has been approved by the Vermont Association of Naturopathic Physicians for 3 hours of controlled substance/pharmacy CE.