Course Description:   Patients with serious illness are at risk for poorly-controlled pain which could severely impact their quality of life in their last months of life.  In the setting of the opioid crisis, which has led to significant public health threats in the United States and other western countries, there has been a movement to better understand and utilize non-opioid analgesics. This trend also applies to palliative care and hospice patients. To prescribe non-opioid analgesics in a safe and effective manner, clinicians must be knowledgeable of the adjuvant analgesics available, their mechanism of action, the indications for their use, and safety considerations. In this module, users can attain 1.0 hours of CME credit after successful completion of all of the following tasks:

1. Content review of ten Fast Facts and Concepts covering the following topics:
   1. Lidocaine patch
   2. Ketamine
   3. Steroids for bone pain
   4. Antidepressants for neuropathic pain
   5. Tapentadol
   6. Antiepileptic drugs for neuropathic pain
   7. Pregabalin versus gabapentin
   8. Tramadol
   1. Oral versus intravenous acetaminophen
   10. Skeletal muscle relaxants
2. A score of 70% or higher on a 10 question quiz covering this content
3. Completion of a course evaluation

Module 6: Fast Facts #129, #132, #148, #187, #228, #271, #289, #290, #302, #340

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