Control Pain Without Being Controlled : Wise Use of Narcotics 2017

Control Pain Without Being Controlled : Wise Use of Narcotics is organized by University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and would be held on Mar 25, 2017 at University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, United States of America. This program is designed for dentists, allied dental professionals and staff, as well as any medical professionals who treat patients with pain.

Dentists are professionally and legally obligated to control pain, and sometimes NSAIDs are not enough. Yet narcotics can begin to involve worrisome forces, such as drug-seeking behavior and the DEA. In this course, you will learn about the physiology and psychology of pain in dentistry and the mechanisms of narcotics and other treatments on pain.

• How narcotics and alternatives to narcotics act on pain
• The road to and of addiction, and how to recognize it
• When and how to prescribe narcotics in a way that is safe for you and your patients.