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The Role of Methadone and Ketamine in End -of-Life Care


The program will review the application and dosing of methadone and ketamine in the management of specific types of pain in patients with life-limiting illnesses or are approaching the end of their lives

Activity Type

  • Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

  • Pharmacist

Accreditation(s)

CPE Consultants, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
 

Co-Sponsor(s)

Profero Team, LLC

 

 

 

The program will review the application and dosing of methadone and ketamine in the management of specific types of pain in patients with life-limiting illnesses or are approaching the end of their lives

Objectives

  • Review the characteristics of methadone and ketamine
  • Discuss appropriateness of methadone and ketamine for painand symptom management in end-of-life-care
  • Describe methadone and ketamine dosing, titration and monitoring

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Phyllis Grauer, PharmD


Brief Bio : Phyllis Grauer, PharmD has been a pain, palliative care and hospice clinical pharmacist for more than 30 years. She is a Certified Pain Educator (CPE), is Board Certified in Geriatric Pharmacy (BCGP) and a Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant (CDCA). Phyllis received a BS in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and a PharmD from University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. She founded a nationwide hospice and palliative care clinical consulting company, has lectured extensively and has taught at Ohio State University, Cedarville University, Ohio Northern University and University of Findlay Schools of Pharmacy and has multiple publications. She is currently the owner and Specialty Practice Clinical Consultant at Cha?is Consulting, LLC. She provides educational programs, patient specific consultation in the areas of pain and symptom medication management, hospice and palliative care, controlled substance prescribing and dispensing, and substance use disorder.

Activity Number

0864-9999-22-039-H08-P

Release Date: Aug 18, 2022
Credit Expiration Date: Aug 18, 2025