Addiction Medicine

An Update on the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting System (KASPER) (15 User Ratings) Drug overdose is a huge problem facing the health care system in Kentucky. Drug overdose deaths are acute poisoning deaths due to prescription or illicit drugs. According to data from the National Center for... Faculty David R. Hopkins, BS

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CDE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Oct 20, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Therapeutic Use of KASPER and Urine Drug Screening and Testing in Clinical Practice (10 User Ratings) KASPER and UDS/T can be used as therapeutic clinical tools to help monitor for unintended adverse effects of prescribed opioids (and other controlled drugs with known abuse potential and increasing presence in... Faculty Michelle R. Lofwall, MD, DFASAM

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 Other: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Aug 16, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Methadone and Buprenorphine: Evidence-base in Addiction Treatment and Common Pitfalls and Myths (24 User Ratings) Substance use disorders are common medical disorders that all health care providers should be aware of and have basic knowledge and practice competence. Methodone and buprenorphine are important treatment options... Faculty Michelle R. Lofwall, MD, DFASAM

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 Other: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Aug 16, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Opioid Use in Adolescents (23 User Ratings) Opioid overdose continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. It has contributed significantly to accidental deaths among those who use or misuse illicit and prescription opioids. In... Faculty Kristin L. Dawson, MD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.25 CPE: 1.25 KBSW: 1.25 ADC: 1.25 KBEP: 1.25 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Jun 30, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

A Harm Reduction Strategy:  Expanding Access to the Opioid Antidote Naloxone (10 User Ratings) Naloxone, the opioid antidote, is under-utilized in the treatment of opioid overdose. Healthcare professionals caring for, and families of, high overdose risk patients can reduce overdose morbidity and... Faculty Daniel P. Wermeling, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 KBSW: 1.00 ADC: 1.00 KBEP: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 30, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Alcohol Use in Adolescents (9 User Ratings) The goal of the Adolescent Health and Recovery Treatment and Training (AHARTT) learning modules is to educate providers in Kentucky and beyond about evidence-based substance abuse treatments for adolescents... Faculty Kristin L. Dawson, MD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 KBSW: 1.00 ADC: 1.00 KBEP: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Mar 17, 2019 Cost: Free E-mail Begin