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Prescribing Opioids, Providing Naloxone, and Preventing Drug Diversion: The West Virginia Requirement
  • Drug Diversion
  • Naloxone
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • State Mandated Training
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
$21.00
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain. However, the inappropriate use, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs in America, particularly prescription opioids, has increased dramatically in recent years and has been identified as a national public health epidemic, with West Virginia among the states with the largest opioid misuse and diversion problem. A set of clinical tools, guidelines, and recommendations are now available for prescribers who treat pain patients with opioids.