Bring It On! Alternative Opinions on a Controversial Pain Topic

Monday, December 3, 2012
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Planned in cooperation with the ASHP Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners
Activity #: 204-000-12-280-L01P
Level of Content: Intermediate
1.00 Contact Hours / Knowledge-based
Program Chair: Chris M. Herndon, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Learning Objectives:

• Following presentation of available evidence, develop a position on the possibility that opioids cause cancer to grow and further metastasize.
• Evaluate the data and develop personal opinions on the reported risk of opioids causing increased morbidity in cancer patients using analgesics.