Chapters Transcript Opioid best practices Welcome to the Mayo clinic opioid cmi. I'm dr Halina gazelka and I chair the Mayo clinic opioid stewardship program, a role that I have enjoyed since its inception in 2016. In the past five years. I have learned a tremendous amount about the opioid epidemic, its sources and its potential solutions. My team and I have worked tirelessly both inside Mayo Clinic and outside of it in our own communities and states to combat the epidemic and to educate others, including providers and patients about safe and appropriate use of opioid medications. Our work at Mayo Clinic has garnered national attention and I am pleased that our accomplishments and lessons learned have benefited other providers and practices. I am passionate about safe opioid use these medications are some of the most valuable that we have discovered in the last centuries and we must protect appropriate use of them for patients who rely upon them for their quality of life while protecting our society from the ravages of their abuse. This opioid course is unique in that it showcases the expertise and experience of many experts which combined encompasses a range of topics pertinent to opioid delivery and how to avoid using opioids when other means are available to manage pain. The course will provide guidance on a diffuse range of topics related to opioids, including opioid pharmacology, when and why to choose certain opioids, how to manage related side effects, how to manage patients. We're treating them with opioids, how to taper opioids pearls for having difficult conversations with patients interventional options for pain control, urine toxicology screening, legal implications of opioid prescribing and how to approach and manage patients with opioid use disorder. I hope that you not only learn from this group of lectures, but that you also enjoy it and find it entertaining and interesting. Thank you for all that you do to care for your patients. We are excited to collaborate with you on this very important topic. Yeah. Mhm. Published Created by
