Lecture Information

Presenter:

Cindy Kelly, FNP-BC, ACHPN 

Cindy Kelly, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Service,
UNC Palliative Care Program
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Vineeta Rao, PharmD, BCPS 

Vineeta Rao, PharmD, BCPS
Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Service,
UNC Palliative Care Program
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pain Management From a Palliative Care Perspective

This lecture will provide a review of opioid and nonopioid treatment options for cancer related pain.  This presentation will address patients with cancer and substance use disorder and also cancer patients that are in remission, but still present with persistent pain.

Lecture Objectives:

  • Identify analgesics commonly used in cancer related pain along with their mechanism of action, dosing and side effects.
  • Discuss opioid prescribing for patients at elevated risk of misuse.
  • List nonpharmacological measures that can decrease pain.

Lecture Materials

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