This course is based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcast Episodes 133: Pharmacology of Opiates: What are they & How do they impact the mind and body;  Episode 006: Psychopharmacology: and Medication Assisted Therapy for Alcohol and Opiate Abuse, Episode 127:  Treating Opiate Addiction

Contact Hours: 4

Instructor: Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD

This course is based in part on Counselor Toolbox Podcast Episode 133: Pharmacology of Opiates: What are they & How do they impact the mind and body;  Episode 006: Psychopharmacology: and Medication Assisted Therapy for Alcohol and Opiate Abuse, Episode 127:  Treating Opiate Addiction

Objectives:

• Review opiates as a depressant and analgesic
• Explore various types of opiates, methods of administration
• Review the short and long term effects of opiates
• Identify symptoms of opiate withdrawal and intoxication
• Discuss factors that make it so easy to overdose on opiates
• Review the use of Naloxone
• Review the different types of benzodiazepines and their half life
• Identify symptoms of benzodiazepine intoxication and withdrawal (including protracted withdrawal)
• Review the short and long term effects of benzodiazapine use