VSAAC and the Connecticut ASPMN are pleased to invite you to a FREE Live CME/CE Community Dinner Symposium

Target Audience
Physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, as well as other relevant groups from Connecticuts Lower Naugatuck Valley
This program is jointly sponsored by the Valley Substance Abuse Action Council, the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, the Health Assistance InterVention Education Network, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education, and PharmaCom Group, Inc.

The Issue of Prescription Drug Abuse in Connecticuts Lower Naugatuck Valley

Featuring Insights from Young Adults Recovering from Prescription Drug Addiction

PharmaCom Group, Inc. 28 First Street Stamford, CT 06905

PRESORTED FIRST CLASS U.S. POSTAGE

PAID
PERMIT NO. 344 NEW HAVEN, CT

Thursday, March 1, 2012

6:30 PM 8:30 PM
Supported by educational grants from Pfizer Inc., and Mallinckrodt, LLC, a Covidien Company

The Inn at the Villa Bianca 312 Roosevelt Drive, Route 34 Seymour, CT 06483

For program details and to register, please go to www.HCPcme.com/ctvalley.html

Faculty and Panel Presenters

Mark A. Thimineur, MD Medical Director Comprehensive Pain and Headache Treatment Center, LLC Griffin Hospital Derby, Connecticut Pamela A. Mautte, MS, MCHES, CPP-R BHCare Director, Greater Valley Substance Abuse Action Council Ansonia, Connecticut Michelle D. Lipinski, MEd Cofounder, Potential Connections LLC Director, Northshore Recovery High School Beverly, Massachusetts Recovering Young Adults Beverly, Massachusetts
Disclosures will be provided in the course handouts.

Register at www.HCPcme.com/ctvalley.html
Program Description
This activity will provide healthcare professionals and other relevant groups in Connecticuts Lower Naugatuck Valley with an overview of the extent of the current prescription medication abuse and diversion problem in their community, and in the United States overall. The activity will focus on adolescents/young adults, and will discuss ways to reduce illegitimate access to prescription medications, while maintaining appropriate use. In addition to the expert faculty in the field of pain management and addiction, the activity will feature live testimonials from young adults who have finished a recovery program for a past addiction to prescription drugs, which started in adolescence. These young adults will discuss their initiation and trajectory of prescription medication and illicit drug abuse, how they were able to obtain the medications, and how their drugs of choice evolved over time.

Accreditation
PhysiciansThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education (UNMC/CCE), and PharmaCom Group, Inc. The UNMC/CCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The UNMC/CCE designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. NursesThe University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This activity is provided for 1.5 contact hours under ANCC criteria. PharmacistsThis program is accredited by the Nebraska Council for Continuing Pharmacy Education (NCCPE). The NCCPE is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). This CPE program is a knowledge-based activity. The provider number is ACPE # 128-999-012-019-L04-P. Participants may earn 1.5 contact hours of CPE credit for attendance of the entire CPE activity and the completion of an evaluation form. Statements of Credit will be issued no later than 60 days after the program. If you do not receive your Statement of Credit in a timely manner, please call the NCCPE at 402-420-1500.

Agenda
6:15 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:55 PM 6:55 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:05 PM 7:05 PM 7:25 PM Registration Dinner service Welcome & Introduction
Pamela A. Mautte, MS, MCHES, CPP-R

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the activity, the participant should be able to: 1. Identify how prescription medications may become inadvertently diverted from legitimate patients to potential abusers, especially adolescents 2. Summarize the potential adverse consequences of prescription drug use by persons for whom they are not prescribed 3. Describe the current prescription drug abuse problem in the Valley, and in the United States in general 4. Specify at least 3 methods adolescents use to acquire prescription drugs 5. Develop a strategy to teach patients to safeguard their prescriptions, not share them with others, and dispose of medications no longer required 6. Employ strategies to help ensure that excess medications are not prescribed in order to help prevent medications being diverted

Problem of Prescription Drug Abuse in Lower Naugatuck Valley

Pamela A. Mautte

Extent of Prescription Drug Abuse & Addiction in the United States

Mark A. Thimineur, MD

7:25 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:40 PM 7:40 PM 7:55 PM 7:55 PM 8:20 PM

Introduction to Recovery Programs

Michelle D. Lipinski, BS, MEd

The Road to Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse

Recovering young adults

Q&A: Ask the Recovering Young Adults

Recovering young adults, Michelle Lipinski, Dr Thimineur

CCB CreditApproved for two (2) CEUs through the Connecticut Certification Board for Prevention Professionals. Upon completion of this activity as designed, participants will be mailed a CME/CE credit letter within 4 weeks.

Practices to Reduce the Unintended Consequences of Prescription Drug Abuse & Diversion
Dr Thimineur

8:20 PM 8:30 PM

Q&A: Ask the Faculty

Dr Thimineur

There is no registration fee for attending this symposium; however seating is limited. For program details and to register, please go to www.HCPcme.com/ctvalley.html or contact Maria DelCegno at 203-323-5945.