Opioid Stewardship in Practice: Safer Prescribing, Non-Opioid Strategies and Harm Reduction Across Care Settings-CME Paid Option-Module-1

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This micro-learning session on opioid stewardship uses Maria’s case to show safer chronic pain management in rural primary care. Key points: opioids should improve function, not just reduce pain scores; higher doses raise risk without reliable benefit; and clinicians should start low, reassess regularly, and consider tapering when opioids are no longer helping. The session emphasizes using PEG-3, non-opioid and non-pharmacologic treatments, sleep and activity support, motivational interviewing, and shared decision-making. It also introduces buprenorphine as a safer alternative for some patients, with plans for slow transition and close follow-up.

Keywords

opioid stewardship

chronic pain management

buprenorphine

shared decision-making

non-opioid treatments