May 8 - 11, 2012    Cleveland OH , USA

BEST PRACTICES FOR
Opiate Maintenance Treatment 
Programs (OMTP)

Who Should Attend? 
This special intensive course is designed for OMTP or Buprenorphine certified physicians or Program Managers who seek to enhance their ability to effectively, efficiently and safely provide Opiate Maintenance Treatment (OMT), while minimizing abuse and limiting liability.

Statement of Need
Addiction treatment providers who prescribe controlled drugs in the treatment of addictive disease, whether a licensed OMT provider or a certified buprenorphine prescriber, are faced with the unique clinical challenge of providing daily doses of addictive medications to patients with addictive disease.
1. There are challenging clinical issues involved: stabilization v. maintenance doses, treating opiate addicted patients who have concomitant chronic intractable pain, treating opiate addicted patients with co-morbid depressive or anxiety disorders or sleep disturbances, and management of opiate medication side-effects are a few examples.
2. There are unique ethical issues involved: patient safety v. minimization of disruption to patient daily life and the obligation to the individual patient v. the obligation to the community well being.
3. There are unique Patient-Doctor and Patient-Treatment Program issues: staff splitting by patients, appropriately supervising toxicology testing while maintaining dignity, confidentiality concerns yet need to have data from other providers regarding   patient stability, and issues about dose adjustment and take-home privileges.

Venue

Location: Case Western Reserve University
Contact 10900 Euclid Ave., , Ohio 44106 Cleveland , USA
216-368-2000

Organizer

Case Western reserve University, Continuing Medical Education Program
10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216-368-2000

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Best Practices for Opiate Maintenance Treatment Programs (OMTP) May 8 - 11, 2012