TY - JOUR
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use
KW - Chronic Disease
KW - Drug Prescriptions
KW - Education, Medical, Continuing
KW - Humans
KW - opioid-related disorders
KW - Pain/drug therapy
AU - M. K. Crozier
AU - S. Mcmillan
AU - S. Hudson
AU - S. Jones
A1 - 
AB - The decision to prescribe opioid medications is complex. Physicians often struggle to balance the risks of medication diversion and abuse with the benefits of pain management. Nationally, more than 40 percent of primary care physicians report difficulty in discussing the possibility of prescription medication abuse with patients and more than 90 percent fail to detect symptoms of substance abuse. Continuing medical education workshops were developed in Eastern North Carolina to mitigate problems with opioid prescriptions. Attendance at these workshops suggests that prescribers are interested in improving opioid prescribing practices and reducing patient risk. Presurvey data indicate that prescribers are knowledgeable about screening tools and they consider patient risk factors for misuse.
BT - Journal of opioid management
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
CP - 5
CY - United States
IS - 5
JF - Journal of opioid management
N2 - The decision to prescribe opioid medications is complex. Physicians often struggle to balance the risks of medication diversion and abuse with the benefits of pain management. Nationally, more than 40 percent of primary care physicians report difficulty in discussing the possibility of prescription medication abuse with patients and more than 90 percent fail to detect symptoms of substance abuse. Continuing medical education workshops were developed in Eastern North Carolina to mitigate problems with opioid prescriptions. Attendance at these workshops suggests that prescribers are interested in improving opioid prescribing practices and reducing patient risk. Presurvey data indicate that prescribers are knowledgeable about screening tools and they consider patient risk factors for misuse.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1551-7489; 1551-7489
SP - 359
EP - 364
EP - 
T1 - The Eastern North Carolina opioid prescribers project: a model continuing medical education workshop
T2 - Journal of opioid management
TI - The Eastern North Carolina opioid prescribers project: a model continuing medical education workshop
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Education & Workforce
U2 - 21046933
VL - 6
VO - 1551-7489; 1551-7489
Y1 - 2010
ER -