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Prescribing Opioid for Chronic Pain (pdf - 11kb)
Prescribing Opioid for Chronic Pain Brochure (pdf - 119kb)
Prescription Drug Diversion Summit- On February 29, 2008 the Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing held a joint meeting to discuss pain management and prescription drug diversion issues in an effort to reduce the drug diversion problem in Florida, while assuring that patient access to appropriate and effective treatment of chronic pain is not compromised.
Below are links to the meeting summary and several presentations that were provided at the meeting:
Meeting Summary (66kb - pdf)
"Historical Overview” presented by Larry McPherson, Executive Director, Board of Medicine (311kb - pdf)
"Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse” presented by FDLE’s Jeff Beasley (4.35mb - pdf)
"Addressing Abuse and Diversion: An Overview of State Controlled Substances Data Bases” presented by the FSMB’s Lisa Robin (6mb - zip)
"Professional Impairment: The Lived Experience of Chemically Dependent Nurses” presented by Patricia Welch Dittman, PhD, RN, CHD (185kb - pdf)
"Integrative Pain Management, A Holistic Approach to Managing Chronic Pain” presented by Adrian Langford with Alternative Medicine Integration of Florida, Inc. (272kb - pdf)
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