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To: NIDA constituent representatives and other interested colleagues
Subject: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH Conference on Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for Doctors and Patients, March 5-6, 2007, Natcher Conference Center , National Institutes of Health
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You are invited to attend the NIH/NIDA/AMA joint meeting titled: "Pain, Opioids and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for Doctors and Patients" to be held at the Natcher Auditorium,
NIH, on March 5-6, 2007.
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together the research and clinical practice communities - through its co-sponsorship with the AMA - to draw attention to the growing problem of prescription opioid misuse by patients with chronic non-malignant pain conditions. The most powerful treatments available for most forms of pain are opioids. However, opioid treatment can produce negative health consequences, such as intoxication and physical dependence, and may result in opioid abuse and addiction. The prevalence, and how to prevent, reduce, and treat these negative health consequences are not well understood.
The goal of the meeting will be to inform practitioners and scientists on the emerging research on pain and addiction and what we are learning about how to most effectively and compassionately treat these conditions, while minimizing the risk of abuse and addiction in these patients.
You are welcome to share this invitation with your colleagues, organizational newsletters/e-newsletters/membership listserv announcements.
For more information go to http://conferences.masimax.com/opioid
Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this conference should contact Usha Charya, NIDA, 301-443-6071. Requests should be made at least 5 days in advance of the event.
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