MDU webinar: Opioids and the coroner

Coroners' investigations will likely play a part of most doctors' professional careers, but attending an inquest or even providing a report to the coroner can still prove daunting.

Our recording delves into the details of coroners' investigations with particular reference to deaths involving patients in long term opioid medication.

2:26 The risks of opioid prescribing in the UK
5:02 UK opioid prescribing data
9:10 Prevention of future death reports
14:40 Demystifying deprescribing opioids
15:26 The problem with opioids in the UK
20:37 Opioid stewardship
25:02 Why deprescribing opioids is so challenging
28:09 Safe prescribing of opioid medications
40:06 Q&A - Seniors and opioid dosage
42:14 Q&A - Combination of gabapentinoids and opioids
44:09 Q&A - Daily dose budgets
47:06 Q&A - Weaning off medications under sedation
50:16 Q&A - Palliative care and opiate prescribing
56:12 Q&A - Prescribing opioids under pressure
58:18 Q&A - Gabapentinoids and anxiety disorders