Updating our Quest to Relieve Pain:

There’s a New Kid in Town

Followed By

DPH Oral Health OD2A Opioid Initiative

Objectives

  1. Discuss the new pain management guidelines for children and adults from the American Dental Association.
  2. Comprehensive analysis of the first non-opiate pain medication approved by the FDA called suzetrigine.
  3. Review buprenorphine and how it is being used in opiate use disorder and chronic pain.
  4. Discuss what the dentist needs to know when the patient is taking buprenorphine.
  5. Discuss the adverse event risk of opiates and the need for intranasal naloxone.
  6. Review the opiate complications in South Carolina and the most recent data on opiate-related deaths.

CE Units: 2

Prescribing and Monitoring Controlled Substance 2 Hour Credit

Dr. Kelly W. Jones

Dr. Kelly W. Jones

Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D., is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) where he received both his B.S in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. He also completed a Pharm. D. Fellowship in Family Medicine from MUSC. After graduation he join the faculty at the McLeod Family Medicine Residency Program in Florence, South Carolina and worked with them for 28 years. In 2016, he broke away from academics to help develop a new independent pharmacy located in Florence simply called THE Pharmacy. In October 2021, Dr. Jones decided he missed his first love, teaching. He decided to rejoin McLeod Family Medicine with the intent to focus and develop the rural residency program in Manning and Cheraw, South Carolina. In 1993, he was awarded Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy and since has renewed that certification three times. Dr. Jones was born in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, married to Lisa and has 6 wonderful children Amanda, West, Carol, Mason, Hamilton, and Jackson. To these he can add 9 grandchildren: Mae, Kellett, Lily, Sammy, Morgan, Henry, George, Andy and Jamie. He currently resides in Hartsville, South Carolina. His hobbies include family and writing music.