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Therapeutic Uses of Opioid Antagonists (Pain Part 17) Duration: 23:24 0.5 CME
Pharmacology / Pharmacology


Learning Objectives

* Treatment of opioid overdoses with naloxone.

* Management of opioid-induced constipation with peripherally restricted opioid antagonists.

* Use of naloxone for neonatal respiratory depression.

* Management of postoperative ileus with alvimopan.

* Therapeutic uses of naltrexone for alcohol and opioid dependence.

* Pharmacogenomics of opioid antagonist therapy.

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