The Curbsiders Addiction Medicine Episode #4: Wrapping Our Heads Around Alcohol Use Disorder Meds

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Instructions

Thursday, July 28, 2022, 7:00 AM - Monday, July 28, 2025, 7:00 PM


Get comfortable treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). In this episode, we discuss the diagnosis of AUD strategies to help patients develop therapeutic goals and options for pharmacotherapy. We are joined for this episode by Dr. Alyssa Peterkin (BU), an internal medicine and addiction medicine physician who encourages us to venture into offering pharmacotherapy for AUD as it is vastly undertreated. By the end of this episode, you will be naltrex-owning meds for AUD!

1. Define common terms: alcohol use disorder, unhealthy alcohol use, heavy drinking, binge drinking
2. Screen for unhealthy alcohol use using brief, validated screening tools
3. Diagnose alcohol use disorder using DSM-5 criteria
4. Review the three FDA-approved medications for alcohol use disorder(naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram) and two off-label medications (gabapentin and topiramate)
5. Discuss safer drinking strategies

There is no registration fee to participate.  Learners must listen to the entire podcast, review resource materials, score at least 66% on the post-test, and complete an activity evaluation in order to receive credit.

The Curbsiders have nothing to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The Curbsiders and VCU Health. VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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This activity provides  1 contact hours (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA4008237-9999-22-182-H01-P

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credit (1.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (1.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

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