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ECHO Session – Access to Parenteral Methadone for Canadian Patients: Why it matters
Conversation Starters:
Dr. Dawn Davies, MD MA FRCPC
Palliative Care Physician; Associate Professor, University of Otwa
Marcel Romanick, BSc Pharm
Pharmacist & Clinical Practice Lead, Alberta Health Services
Moderator:
Dr. Charlie Chen, MD, MEd, CCFP(PC), FCFP
Description:
By the end of the session, learners will:
- understand the pharmacology of parenteral methadone and be able to compute dose conversions from enteral methadone or other opioids.
- describe the limits of compounding methadone from powder for sterile use, and why access to commercially prepared methadone is safer.
- describe the many countries that do have access to parenteral methadone.
- help advocate for easier access through Special Access Program (SAP) at Health Canada.
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Access to Parenteral Methadone for Canadian Patients: Why it matters
Hot Topics webinars are exclusive to CSPCP members. The webinars are a platform for national networking and conversation with peers from across Canada – not atypical “lecture” format. At the beginning of each webinar, a speaker will start conversation by providing a 10-to-15-minute opinion on a Hot Topic. The remaining 45 minutes is for interactive, moderated discussion amongst participants.
The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Webinar Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
CFPC members may claim 1 Mainpro+ Non-certified Group Learning credit.
If there’s a Hot Topic you’d like to see in the future, please contact
Kimberly Pinnick Broderick, CSPCP – kimberly@cspcp.ca
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