2025 Mayo Clinic Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations and Best Practice – 11-13 septiembre 2025

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September 11 - 13, 2025 - Hilton Nashville Downtown - Nashville, Tennessee The Mayo Clinic Opioid Conference: Evidence, Clinical Considerations & Best Practice 2025 aims to highlight the shift in guidelines and public concern regarding the use of opioids in medical practice. This course provides the most up-to-date information regarding the appropriate indication for opioids in clinical practice. Topics cover the basics of opioid pharmacology and selection, evidence-based guidelines for opioid management, opioid tapering and legal considerations, as well as medical and interventional alternatives to opioids. In addition, the course covers a broad range of issues, including opioid use disorder and difficult patient conversations and guidelines to standardize the practice of opioid prescribing. This course includes lectures by experts in the field of pain medicine and opioid management as well as question and answer sessions. Guest Speaker: Stephen Loyd, M.D. is an Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine physician. His work extends to drug courts, anti-drug coalitions, and law enforcement, and he inspired a character in "Dopesick." He currently serves as Cedar Recovery's Chief Medical Officer and chairs the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council. Course Highlights: - Learn the most up-to-date information regarding the appropriate use and management of opioids in clinical practice. - Discuss the basics of opioid pharmacology, selection, and side effect management, along with evidence-based guidelines for opioid management, tapering, and legal considerations, and medical and interventional alternatives to opioids. - Address opioid use disorder (including use of medications for opioid use disorder such as buprenorphine), difficult patient conversations and guidelines to standardize the practice of opioid prescribing. Target Audience: This topic is important and has become a more visible public health issue. All fields within medicine that provide direct patient care are impacted, including medical, surgical and outpatient settings. All providers who prescribe (MD, DO, NP, PA, CNS) or administer (nurse, pharmacist, etc.) opioids to patients would benefit from attending this course. This course is particularly relevant for primary care providers that maintain and monitor patients on chronic opioid therapy. Learning Objectives: - Discuss current state of the opioid epidemic. - Discuss best practices on tapering opioids in clinical practice. - Summarize evaluation and management of concurrent alcohol and opioid use disorder. - Formulate strategies on how to have conversations with patients with challenging pain conditions such as pain sensitization and unexpected Urine Drug Testing results. - Review non-opioid adjuvant procedural and pharmacological therapy for pain management. - Review regulatory guidelines regarding opioid prescribing. - Discuss the use of buprenorphine for pain management. - Summarize the risks and benefits of medical cannabis for chronic pain management. Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.