Curriculum

Safe and Effective Pain Care: A Comprehensive Guide for Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care

A Comprehensive Guide for Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care offers a Core Curriculum aligned with the REMS FDA Blueprint, available as an on-demand webcast or 4-part interactive series. 

Completing the Core Curriculum earns learners up to 4 CME credits, towards meeting MATE Act requirements and providing comprehensive education on opioid analgesic safety and efficacy to fulfill regulatory and state standards.

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see  https://www.opioidanalgesicrems.com/Resources/Docs/List_of_RPC_Companies.pdf for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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CME Information

4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 4.00 ABIM MOC or 4.00 AANP, 2.63 AANP Pharm

Release Date: 12/1/2025

Available for credit until 10/31/2026

Topics

Faculty

Learning Objectives

  • Define key concepts, mechanisms, and classifications of pain to enhance clinical understanding.
  • Assess pain effectively while identifying risk factors for nonmedical use of opioids, substance/opioid use disorders.
  • Evaluate evidence-based nonpharmacologic and non-opioid approaches to pain management.
  • Review the role of opioids in pain management, including indications, limitations, and considerations for safe use.
  • Safely initiate, adjust, and discontinue opioid therapy in patients with acute or chronic pain.
  • Counsel patients on the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioid analgesics, including overdose reversal agents.
  • Create personalized pain management plans integrating both opioid and non-opioid therapies. 
  • Diagnose and manage opioid use disorder, using evidence-based approaches, including referrals to specialists when needed

Courses

4.00 CME/CE CREDITS

4 Courses

Faculty

Charles E. Argoff, MD, FABPM

Vice Chair, Albany Medical College, Professor of Neurology and Urology

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Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO, CMD, FACOFP

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Geriatrics, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

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Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Senior Vice-Chair, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine

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Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez, MD

CORE Center Director of Psychiatric Services, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, CORE Center, Cook County Health

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Supported By

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies

Education Partner

Miller Medical Communications, LLC