Speaker Information

Olivia Caron, PharmD, BCACP, CPP, FNCAP

PGY2 Am Care RPD; Adjunct Assistant Professor; Clinical Assistant Professor

MAHEC Dept. of Pharmacy; UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; UNC School of Medicine

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in managing chronic pain for patients with SUDs, including recommendations to continue medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during pain treatment.
• Explain dosing strategies and differentiate therapeutic use for buprenorphine when used for analgesia for patients without SUDs.
• Apply safety and monitoring practices to support patients with their pain management.

Description: 

Buprenorphine is an important but underutilized tool for pain management in patients both with and without substance use disorders (SUDS). Untreated chronic pain can impact non prescribed opioid use, treatment retention, and overdose. This session reviews how buprenorphine can be used therapeutically for pain in patients with and without opioid use disorder (OUD) and outlines evidence supported strategies for using buprenorphine formulations to manage pain. Emphasis is placed on dosing approaches, formulation selection, safety considerations, and integration into multimodal pain care.

Details
Date:Sunday, November 1
Time: 6:00 - 7:00PM

CreditsAccredited for Pharmacists and Technicians:
1.0 Hour of ACPE Continuing Education