Course Description
About AAPP Toolkits
AAPP toolkits highlight both the evidence base available as well as strategies of clinical decision making used by expert psychiatric pharmacist clinicians. The content reflects the views and practice of the authors as substantiated with evidence-based facts as well as opinion and experience. Toolkits are peer reviewed by psychiatric pharmacists. Authors and AAPP review and update toolkits annually and strive to use up-to-date, non-stigmatizing language. Terminology does evolve rapidly and often regionally such that there may be differences between reader experiences and expectations and those of the author(s). AAPP members receive complimentary, continuous access to toolkits. Non-members can purchase for a fee for a period of 3 months.
Effective pain management is a critical component of patient care, particularly for individuals living with chronic pain and opioid use disorder (OUD). Pharmacists play a vital role in optimizing therapeutic outcomes, ensuring safe medication use, and supporting patients through complex treatment regimens. This toolkit is designed to provide practical, evidence-informed pearls to assist pharmacists in navigating the nuanced intersection of chronic pain and opioid use disorder.
The toolkit provides information in the following areas:
- General Clinical Pearls for Pain Management
- Managing pain and co-occurring medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)
- Perinatal Pain Management in Patients prescribed MOUD
- Postpartum Opioid-Induced Respiratory Events
- Chronic pain management
- Helpful Resources
- References