Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule ll Opioids
- 3 hours live credit - counts toward DEA 8 hour mandatory training
- For California licenses, this course will count as:
2 CREDIT HOURS for the CA Schedule II Opioid requirement; and
1 CREDIT HOUR for discussion, quiz or Q&A
Instructor: Dr. Vera Brown, D.M.D.
Course Description:
This course will cover various Schedule II opioids and other commonly taken drugs: amphetamines, cocaine, opioids, sedatives & hypnotics, and alcohol. For each drug, the course will address common examples, pathophysiology, acute/chronic effects, signs and symptoms, toxicity and overdose, withdrawal, and complications with dental treatment. We will discuss practices for pain management in dentistry and regulatory requirements for prescribers and dispensers. We will also address procedures for managing vulnerable or substance use disorder patients.
After completing this course, the clinician will be able to:
- Understand the basic physiology of drugs.
- Determine the best practices for pain management in dentistry.
- Know the regulatory requirements for prescribers/dispensers.
- Know the procedures for managing vulnerable or substance disorder patients.
- Review the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems and how drugs effect each system.
- Review the pathophysiology of methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids, sedatives and alcohol.
- Review opioid receptors, where they are found and how they are affected with opioid use.
- Understand GABA’s role and how it is affected by sedatives and alcohol.
- Review withdrawal, acute and chronic symptoms, from cocaine, meth, sedatives and opioids, and alcohol.
About Live, Interactive Webcast Continuing Education Seminars:
A live, interactive webcast seminar is similar to attending a continuing education seminar in your community, except that you attend via your computer. Each course is done live in a format that allows your participation.
Anyone who has access to a computer that can play sound can participate in an ACES webcast seminar. No special computer knowledge or equipment is required to participate in our webcast seminars.
When you enroll in any ACES webcast course, you will be sent an e-mail with complete information on how to join the online seminar and a copy of the course syllabus. At the conclusion of your live seminar, you will complete a course examination online. You will then be able to print your continuing education certificate from your computer.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships:
Instructor: Dr. Vera Brown - No relevant financial relationship to report.
Education Advisory Committee (EAC): Members of the EAC have no relevant financial relationships to report.
ACES ownership and staff: No relevant financial relationship to report.
Advanced Continuing Education Systems is an ADA CERP Recognized provider for dental continuing education.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Advanced Continuing Education Systems designates this activity for 3 continuing education credits.
Advanced Continuing Education Systems (Provider RP4393) has been approved by the Dental Board of California as a provider of dental continuing education.
To learn more about ACES and this course: call 888-844-ACES