Identifying & Treating Patients with Substance Use Disorders
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This is an On-Demand recording of our LIVE virtual class. It can be watched multiple times and is guaranteed to be available for one year after purchase. Longer if title is still current.
Instructor: Marvin Leventer, DDS
Recent MATE* Act Essentials for Dentists
The destruction of substance abuse continues to be a topic of concern in today’s modern world. According to a 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 61.2 million Americans aged 12 and older have used illicit drugs in the past year – that’s roughly 22% of the US population. It is reasonable to infer that you have patients in your practice who have abused, will abuse, or are currently abusing legal and illegal substances. Do you know how to identify those at-risk patients in your practice and how best to treat them? What potential medications might these patients be using and how do they interact with your treatment modality? This virtual course will help you understand some warning signs and dangers of substance abuse, as well as how you can assist those asking for help who struggle with addiction. Become more knowledgeable on how to best serve those at-risk patients in your practice.
Join Marvin Leventer in this fast-paced 3-hour virtual course, as he discusses:
- The commonly abused legal and illegal medications implicated in substance use disorder, including opioids, stimulants, psychedelics, synthetics, and tobacco/smokable/Cannabis products.
- The factors that predispose to substance use disorder.
- How to recognize signs of substance use disorder.
- How to modify treatment of dental patients that currently have or have had a substance use disorder.
- The hazards and safe strategies of prescribing opioids to children, the elderly, and patients with chronic pain.
- Referral and intervention strategies for patients with a suspected or documented substance use disorder.
- The mechanisms, interactions and limitations of Methadone, Buprenorphine, and other treatment medications.
- Non-medication strategies for long-term management of substance use disorder.
*The MATE Act - The U.S. Congress passed an omnibus spending bill that included the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act in December 2022. This new law went into effect June 27, 2023 and requires prescribers of controlled substances, including dentists, to complete eight hours of one-time training on safely prescribing controlled substances (Schedules II, III, IV, and/or V) in order to receive or renew their registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).