The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing

Dentists have been inundated by patients with an array of complicated medical conditions and pain/sedation management issues. This is in addition to a variety of legal regulations dentists must follow regarding the storage and recordkeeping of controlled substances. Avoid unknowingly putting your practice at risk by becoming victim to a scam or violating a recordkeeping requirement with The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing . This Practical Guide is ideal for dentists and staff as they navigate: - Detecting and deterring substance use disorders (SUD) and drug diversion in the dental office (drug-seeking patients) - Prescribing complexities - Treating patients with SUD and complex analgesic and sedation (pain/sedation management) needs and the best use of sedation anxiety medication - Interviewing and counselling options for SUD - Federal drug regulations Commonly used illicit, prescription, and over-the-counter drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco, are also covered. Special features include: - Clinical tools proven to aid in the identification, interviewing, intervention, referral and treatment of SUD - Basic elements of SUD, acute pain/sedation management, and drug diversion - Summary of evidence-based literature that supports what, when and how to prescribe controlled substances to patients with SUD - Discussion of key federal controlled substance regulations that frequently impact dental practitioners - Checklists to help prevent drug diversion in dental practices - Chapter on impaired dental professionals - Case studies that examine safe prescribing and due diligence

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118886011
• ISBN13: 9781118886014
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"