Casebook: Dependence-causing prescription medication

Reviews

• relevant to primary module.

• informative

• Useful

• Useful

• great

• Good refresher.

• excellent

• Excellent tips on what to say to patients who are requesting dependence causing medications

• Excellent module as it is often encountered in general practice

• excellent

• well summarised

• Interesting course

• excellento

• Excellent recap. A must for all GPs.

• Enjoyable CPD. Useful strategies to help spot dependence and how to deal with it. A common problem.

• This was an excellent educational article.\nEasy to understand and digest.

• GOOD

• Excellent inclusion of useful links. Good practical advice.

• Excellent module

• very informative

• Questions at end are really poor in my opinion and some true/false are open to debate,eg insomnia post withdrawal

• Good e-learning

• very robust module

• Useful resume

• Excellent module.

• Excellent review

• A good module with some helpful tips. \n\n

• Good reading

• Good cases

• Excellent course.

• good presentation

• clear and succinct module

• Interesting

• useful module

• good insight into substance misuse.

• interesting and useful

• good topic

• helpful

• excellent module

• Recognise which drugs are associated with dependence and withdrawals symptoms\nKnow how to discuss potential dependence or withdrawal symptoms with patients and offer appropriate advice when initiating, reviewing and discontinuing drugs\nRecognise the key physical and psychological features of dependence on prescribed drugs and how they may present in primary care\nSupport patients who have developed dependence on prescribed drugs and manage their withdrawal\nIdentify patients at risk of dependence and know how to minimise their risk of developing it.

• Very good module.

• Good overview

• Learning was useful

• Very insightful

• very interesting

• n/a\n

• very good thank you

• Good opportunity to consolidate my understanding

• Very informative. Useful tips on how to approach dependence and addiction in consultations.

• easy to answer questions

• bood

• This was a very useful module

• excellent

• good

• Very informative and helpful but we have an uphill struggle!!

• useful

• Very uesful

• excellent module to refresh knowledge

• Good information on common issue

• Excellent module.. helped understanding differences b/w dependence and withdrawals and ways to tackle

• have an agreement and not to go back or increase dose such as stress

• Good

• detailed module

• good

• good

• Does sertraline cause dependence?

• Good learning

• Very interesting but too short-more details on reducing dose principles would be useful

• Useful review of drug dependence in primary care and the complexities involved.

• Quiz was tough

• Good, a key points summary would be helpful

• Very informative tips when prescribing drugs causing addiction and dependence

• Good module, very insightful

• It was a good module , if it is helpful in practice remains to be seen

• Very helpful module

• very informative

• Excellent module

• excellent

• A useful review of important area of prescribing

• good overview

• excellent

• good

• Excellent advice

• Useful module

• nice reading

• great module with explanatiosn ti give patienst re risks\n

• Helpful article

• Good but tricky module

• 26\\% of adults in 2018 prescribed an addictive medication\nuseful information regarding dependency and the lack of evidence for strong analgesia for chronic pain

• Excellent module

• Excellent module

• tough one , lots of definitions ,

• Excellent

• Useful module

• Interesting and helpful

• Good module

• good education