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Relative Effectiveness of Medications for Opioid-related Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

About the Course

This course looks at the effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutic interventions with patients who are diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder. The meta-analysis includes more than 70 studies and discusses findings of this study and areas for future research.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Relative Effectiveness of Medications for Opioid-related Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials created by Jihoon Lim, PhD. (Epidemiology) et al. in 2022.

Publication Date

PLoS ONE 17(3): e0266142 Apr 2022

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Jihoon Lim, PhD. (Epidemiology)

Jihoon Lim is affiliated with 1 Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC. He works with health economics outcomes research and has been doing this work for more than four years. He has had multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Imen Farhat

Imen Farhat is a researcher with Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, She is an epidemiologists who has had multiple articles published in peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

Abimbola Farinde

Dr. Farinde is a professor at Columbia State University and has published multiple articles about psychopharmacotherapy. Dr. Farinde has worked as a clinical specialist for the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood. As a devoted clinical pharmacy specialist and addictions counselor who excels in all clinical environments, she has worked with active duty soldiers with dual diagnoses of a traumatic brain injury and a psychiatric disorder providing medication therapy management and disease state management. Dr. Farinde has also worked with mentally impaired and developmentally disabled individuals at a state supported living center. The breadth of her clinical practice allows her to bring a unique perspective to her educational material. In 2021, Dr. Farinde was awarded the Davida Coady Gorham Medical Professional of the Year award. She is an adjunct mentor with California Southern University.

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Discuss the definition of opioid use disorder
  2. Identify the signs and symptoms that can be associated with opioid use disorder
  3. Describe the finding of a study identified through a systematic literature research

Availability

This course is available starting Aug 4th, 2023 and expires Aug 3rd, 2033

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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Course Number 103318
1.5 CE credit hour
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  • Reading-Based Online
Exam Fee $8.96
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