Chronic Pain Half Day - Workshop on De-prescribing opioids and Gabapentinoids for long term pain

WGPET event

Wednesday 15 January 2020

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This is a morning event.

Times: 09:00 - 13:00

Workshop on De-prescribing opioids and Gabapentinoids for long term pain

Background

Chronic pain is complex and will always be difficult to manage. In the 1990’s there was an over optimism that opioids were a useful therapeutic tool to manage chronic pain. Gradually the same emerged for gabapentinoids. Over the following decade it became clear that this optimism was misplaced and that in fact they were causing more harm than good. The USA especially experienced a crisis culminating in the President declaring a public health emergency. In the UK a similar pattern emerged, but thanks to better control of the supply of medicines the level of deaths has not occurred. A series of media campaigns have highlighted the risks and lack of efficacy of strong opioids. Nice have highlighted good practice in the prescribing of opioids and gabapentinoids. The term de-prescribing has now been applied to the reduction of opioids and gabapentinoids.

Patients tend to fall into three groups when de-prescribing. Those that intend to taper but are highly motivated, those that are open to tapering, but need sustained support and those who are highly addicted, on unsafe amounts of prescribed drugs and may be highly manipulative. Differing approaches are needed with GP’s as the prescribers required to deliver these.

Effective systems and individual understanding are needed.

Proposal

This workshop will cover potential approaches to de-prescribing. Experienced clinicians will talk through these and address any gaps in knowledge using a variety of learning approaches. Following this table-top discussions lead by a facilitator will support you to come up approaches that will work for you and your practice.

Speakers/facilitators

Dr Harbinder Sandhu: Clinical Psychologist and Lead IWOTCH Trial Warwick University

Vicky Rowell Clinical Pharmacist Southampton City CCG Medicines Management Team

Dr Cathy Price Consultant in Pain Medicine Solent NHS Trust

Education will be free to members of the Wessex GP Educational Trust with a £10 nominal booking fee payable upon booking. You MUST be a member of WGPET at the time the event is held to be entitled to the WGPET discount. Non member fee £85.

Downloads

• 01 -Deprescribing Opioids and Gabapentinoids - Dr Cathy Price.pptx
• 02 - Getting the Approach Right for Patients - Dr Sandhu.pptx
• 03 - Practical Opioid Deprescribing - Dr Vicki Rowell.pptx
• 04 - Ethics and Regulation - Dr Cathy Price.pptx
• Agenda for LMC Workshop.docx
• Case Studies - from Dr Rowell.pdf
• Case Studies- from Dr Sandhu.pdf
• Session 1 - Opioids Aware - Tables from Dose equivalents and changing opioids.pdf
• Session 1 - Opioids Aware - Tapering and stopping.pdf
• Session 1 - Summary - NICE KTT21 - Solent.pdf
• Workshop 1 - Wigan CCG Resource Pack - 2 Sample Letters.pdf
• Workshop 1 - Wigan CCG Resource Pack - Contents Index.pdf
• Workshop 2 - Adding Tools - PIL - FPM Taking Opioids for Pain.pdf
• Workshop 2 - Adding Tools - Screenprints.pdf
• Workshop 3 - Screenprints.pdf
• Lorimer Mosley.docx

Main contact

Name: Joanna Welch

Email: joanna.welch@wessexlmcs.org.uk

If you have any communication or mobility needs that the event organisers need to be aware of please contact them in advance of the course to let them know.