Opioids and Pain Management in HIV Medicine
Joanna L. Starrels, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
& Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx. NY
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Joanna Starrels joined the faculty of Einstein and Montefiore in the Division of General Internal Medicine in 2008, where she is currently a physician-investigator and educator who focuses on the safety and effectiveness of opioid analgesics for management of chronic pain. Her research centers on defining best practices for managing chronic pain in primary care and HIV-treatment settings. She studies the benefits and harms of using treatment agreements, urine drug testing, and prescription monitoring programs in pain management; the effectiveness of collaborative care models for integrating behavioral health care and pain management; and the impact of opioid analgesic use, misuse and disorders on HIV outcomes. Her work has been funded by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Society of General Internal Medicine, the New York Community Trust, and the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Starrels serves as consultant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on several initiatives to reduce prescription drug abuse, addiction and overdose in New York City. She served as a core expert for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
At the completion of this educational session, learners will:
- Know how to identify pain and opioid management strategies that are consistent with national guidelines.
- Appreciate common mistakes in interpreting urine toxicology tests.
- Be able to identify and respond to opioid use disorder in patients with chronic pain.
This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co, and ViiV Healthcare.
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