Sleep Disorders and
Pain Management
Pre-Conference Workshop - A Professionally Rewarding Experience
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Overview
In clinical practice, pain management and sleep dysregulation are among the most chronic, common complaints faced by providers. While the efficacy and safety issues of opioids have been consistently highlighted in recent medical literature, a host of studies have demonstrated that opioids are not the optimal treatment approach for chronic non-malignant pain. This workshop will deliver the latest regulatory updates on opioid prescribing, in addition to a review and assessment of the biochemistry and pathophysiology of the pain patient in a functional model. Instructors will discuss new tools utilized to evaluate and treat the pain patient, and review detoxification strategies.
Join us in our discussion of cutting-edge sleep and pain treatments, and how they can effectively be delivered through a functional and comprehensive approach.
Learning Objectives
- Examine pain management cases and link the presentation to underlying physiologic processes in a functional medicine approach
- Review the neuro-endocrine-immune dysregulation caused by opiods and chronic pain
- List the physiological changes found in the fibromyalgia patient and outline new and innovative treatment approaches
- Identify neuromodulatory effects of endogenous hormones
- Compare neurobiology and treatments of various sleep disorders
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Neuro-Endocrine-Immune Dysregulation in the Pain Patient
Sahar Swidan, Pharm.D.
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Fibromyalgia and Other Total Body Pain
Wade Cooper, DO
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Headpain- New Frontiers in Treatment
Wade Cooper, DO
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Regulatory Overview of Opioid Prescribing
Sahar Swidan, Pharm.D.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Detoxification Strategies of Uppers, Downers, and All Arounders
Wade Cooper, DO
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Clinical Evidence for Botanicals in Pain Management
Sahar Swidan, Pharm.D.
6:00 pm
Close of Session
Faculty
Sahar Swidan, PHARM.D., R.Ph., ABAAHP, FAARFM
Dr. Sahar Swidan obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan and then she completed a 3 year research fellowship in Bio-Pharmaceutics at the University of Michigan. She previously was the Director of Pharmacy at Chelsea Community Hospital and the clinical pharmacist for the inpatient head and chronic pain service. Currently she is President & CEO of Pharmacy Solutions in Ann Arbor, MI which is a unique, personal and educational specialty pharmacy and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy. Dr. Swidan is board certified and an advanced fellow in anti-aging and regenerative medicine. Dr. Swidan is an internationally known speaker in the areas of pain management and BHRT and she has authored several books, articles and patient education material in the area of pain management and functional medicine. Currently, she is completing a Master’s program in Cardio-Metabolic and Functional Medicine.
Wade Cooper, D.O.
Wade Cooper, D.O. is an Assistant Professor of the University of Michigan Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology and is UCNS certified in Headache Medicine. He serves as the Director of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Program and the Program Director for the Headache Medicine Fellowship Training Program.
