Opioids: How We Got Here, How to Prescribe by the Rules, and How to Compassionately Address Patients’ Beliefs on Opioids and Pain

This three-hour webinar will discuss the history of opioids in America and the opioid epidemic, the legal requirements when prescribing opioids in Michigan, and how family physicians can manage opioids in clinical practice with suggestions on screening to substance use disorder, tapering methods, and changing the pain narrative. Participants will also gain a better understanding of the physiology of chronic and acute pain and how to help their patients better manage their symptoms.