VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
1. ·Guiding a pain specialist for pain manage- ment?
princi- ples
for pre-
scribers
2. ·Examples of
pure opioid
ago- nists
3. What is used
to calculate a
pa- tient's
overdose
risk?
4. How would
you know
when to re- fer
someone to
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, NR565 WEEK 2 STUDY GUIDE WITH ALL CORRECT &
VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
determining when t-line therapy Establish goals for
to initiate or pain and function Discuss risk and
continue opioids benefits
for chronic pain Use immediate-release opioids when
opioid selection, starting Use the lowest ettective dose
dosage, duration, Prescribe short durations for acute
follow-up, and pain Evaluate benefits and harms
discontinuation frequently Use strategies to
assessing risk mitigate risk
and addressing Review PDMP data
harms of opioid Use urine drug
use testing
Avoid concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine
O prescribing Otter treatment for opioid disorder
p
i pure opioid antagonists act as antagonists at µ and κ receptors.Narcan
o (Naloxone)
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s
Morphine milligram equivalent scale
a
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e
When patients take 120 mg per day of morphine milligram equivalents
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