Pharmacist Tapering Opioids and Benzodiazepines Education Assessment

At the end of this assessment you will be re-directed to your certificate of completion. Your name will NOT fill in automatically. Please save a copy of this certificate for your records in the event that you are audited by Licensure.

1.Contact Information

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

2.Opioids should be weaned, rather than abruptly stopped, after chronic use, which is defined as 30 days or more.

True

False

3.Initial steps of tapering a patient on opioids include:

Calculation of MME

review of risk-screening assessments

Assessment of patient progress in treatment

All of the above

4.A full tapering flow sheet for opioids is available in the Pain Management Guidance Document.

True

False

5.Unlike opioids, abrupt withdrawal from high doses of benzodiazepines can result in seizures and death.

True

False

6.General considerations with tapering both opoids and benzodiazepines include:

Avoiding concomitant use of benzodiazepines and opioids due to the synergistic effect of the two

Check for benzodiazepine use by UDS, PDMP query, s well as observing for impairment of sedation

Use of psychotherapy

All of the above

You will now be re-directed to your certificate of completion. Your name will NOT fill in automatically. Please save a copy of this certificate for your records in the event that you are audited by Licensure.

If you would like to request a transcript of the continuing education you have completed, please email your name and profession type to dhhs.pdmp@nebraska.gov.

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