This series delivers quick, practical education for busy clinicians on safer opioid prescribing and pain management. Each episode features a real-world case, a clear clinical goal, and actionable strategies to improve patient care. Topics range from opioid rotation and buprenorphine initiation to procedural pain control and emerging concepts like nociplastic pain. Designed for flexibility, these microlearnings are available in video, audio, and written formats to fit your schedule.
This series delivers quick, practical education for busy clinicians on safer opioid prescribing and pain management. Each episode features a real-world case, a clear clinical goal, and actionable strategies to improve patient care. Topics range from opioid rotation and buprenorphine initiation to procedural pain control and emerging concepts like nociplastic pain. Designed for flexibility, these microlearnings are available in video, audio, and written formats to fit your schedule.
This week's case is about a patient, John, currently prescribed OxyContin 40 mg every 12 hours and hydrocodone/acetaminophen 10-325 mg, two tablets three times daily, totaling approximately 180 MMEs per day. The patient is being considered for a transition to buprenorphine for chronic pain management using a standard rotation approach. We'll walk through the clinical reasoning, dosing strategy, and the transition protocol.