Getting Ahead of Persistant and Intractable Pain:A Multimodal Approach to Analgesia-The undertreatment of pain in patients with cancer and other terminal illnesses is an unmet clinical need. Intrathecal administration of analgesic agents is one of the therapeutic options for managing persistent pain not alleviated by conventional analgesia. Guidelines issued by the Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference recommend the analgesic agent, ziconitide, as well as morphine and hydromorphone as first-line treatments for intrathecal therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe cancer pain and pain caused by other terminal illnesses. It is important for physicians who manage patients with chronic pain to be familiar with these guidelines, and how to conduct proper trialing prior to permanently implanting an intrathecal device. In addition, physicians must be able to select patients who might be most appropriate for this type of treatment.
This educational activity will address the clinical problem and important unmet needs in the management of chronic cancer-related pain and pain associated with other terminal illnesses, as well as guidelines for pain management in the context of multimodal approaches to analgesia and their role in severe, persistent, and intractable pain. Available strategies to trial intrathecal modalities for pain management, and methods by which intrathecal multimodal approaches can be optimized in the context of efficacy, safety, and drug delivery systems will also be addressed.
Discuss the clinical problem and important unmet needs in the management of chronic cancer-related pain and pain associated with other terminal illnesses.
Describe guidelines for pain management in the context of multimodal approaches to analgesia and their role in reducing severe, persistent, and intractable pain.
Discuss available strategies to trial intrathecal modalities for pain management.
Explain methods by which intrathecal multimodal approaches can be optimized in the context of efficacy, safety, and drug delivery systems.
1.0 Free CEUs for Nurses
This course also offers Free CEUs for Physicians
Expires 5/31/14
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