Stick to Short-Acting Opioids for Chronic Pain

January 2015

Experts are raising questions about whether long-term opioids are appropriate for treating CHRONIC pain....

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Table of Contents

Chronic Illness Use New Medicare Codes to Help Bill For Clinic Services
Dyslipidemia Save Ezetimibe For Patients Who Don't Tolerate High-Dose Statins
Med Safety Use Teach Back To Verify Oral Chemo Regimens
Hypothyroidism Don't Be In a Hurry to Start Intravenous Levothyroxine
Antithrombotics Tell Pregnant Women It's Safe to Inject Enoxaparin Into Their Abdomen
Pediatrics Save Palivizumab For Infants Who Were < 29 Weeks When Born
Diabetes Have Prescribers Write for Number of Boxes of Insulin Syringes at Discharge
COPD Clarify Type of Tiotropium Inhaler on Admission Med Recs
Med Administration Consider Increased Prep Time When Switching to IV Pantoprazole
Neurology Pain Stick to Short-Acting Opioids for Chronic Pain
Asthma Don't Use Ipratriopium for Asthma Exacerbations in Hospitalized Patients
Interactions Monitor Potassium Daily in Patients on TMP/SMX and and ACEI or ARB