Healthcare providers face many difficulties when prescribing controlled substances for management of acute and chronic pain, anxiety disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The pressure to adequately treat patients suffering from these conditions, coupled with current public health problems such as rising drug overdose rates, creates a major dilemma for healthcare providers. Determining which patients could benefit from the prescription of controlled substances and which patients may suffer adverse consequences by taking these medications is not always easy.

The goal of this course is to educate healthcare providers on methods to safely and responsibly prescribe controlled substances to patients.