234172 Providers, parents, and patients: An unholy alliance of conspirators

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Louis Baxter Sr., MD , Division of Addiction Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services, Princeton, NJ
  
The presentation will describe the dilemma and the scope of prescription drug abuse in the United States and how it affects medical care. Some strategies will be provided to help avoid diversion and the abuse of prescription medication. Lastly, information will be provided to help identify patients who may already have problems as a result of prescription drug mis-use and abuse with an effort to get them into the treatment that they may require.

Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the scope of RX drug abuse Explain how Rx drugs are obtained and abused Explain how RX drug abuse impacts medical care Describe how Screening and Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is effective

Keywords: Prescription Drug Use Patterns, Drug Abuse

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to make presentation because I have more than 20 years experience in all phases of addiction treatment from Detoxification, physician monitoring, and service on National Government Advisory Councils. I am current President of ASAM.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 3287.1: APHA Education Board ATOD-SAMHSA Session: Non-medical use of prescription drugs: What we know; what we need to know; and what we can do to help