When the Prescription Becomes the Problem
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Turning Point
When the Prescription Becomes the Problem
October 27 @ 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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When the Prescription Becomes the Problem: Assessing and Managing Dependence on Benzodiazepines, Opioid Analgesics and other medications
This is a 45 minute Turning Point Connect & Learn webinar. To attend the webinar, click the link below to register.
Description: This presentation will look at how concurrent alcohol use changes risk, presentation and overdose potential, and what clinicians need to watch for in day-to-day assessment and management.
Dr Basanth Kenchaiah is a general adult and addiction psychiatrist with a particular interest in prescription medication dependence and managing inappropriate polypharmacy. He works part time at GV Health and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, in addition to private practice at Delmont Private Hospital. He sits on the executive committee of the Australian Deprescribing Network and was until recently Chair of the Subcommittee for Advanced Training in Addiction Psychiatry, RANZCP.
Date: Tuesday,29 September
Time: 1:00pm – 1:45PM
Cost: Online – A link will be sent to you before the webinar
Who should attend: This webinar is only available to staff who are working in a Victorian Department of Health (DH) funded AOD organisation.
Registration: Click here to register
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