A Primer on the Opioid Morbidity and Mortality Crisis: What Every Prescriber Should Know
Learning Objectives
1. Summarize opioid prescription trends over several decades
2. Recognize the likelihood of developing an opioid use disorder or addiction
3. Distinguish the variables that increase the risk for patients to experience an unintentional overdose from prescription opioids
4. Describe the association between non-medical opioid use, illicit opioid use, and addiction
5. Identify recent practice guidelines and emerging risk mitigation strategies intended to promote safer opioid prescribing