Module 3 - Managing Patients on Opioid Analgesics

This module explores opioid therapy management and provides information on how to calculate doses for new opioids using equianalgesic dose tables.

Karen Muchowski, MD, FAAFP

Family Medicine Physician
California Academy of Family Physicians

Karen Muchowski, MD is a board-certified family physician with a special interest in women’s health, pediatrics, and chronic pain issues.

Dr. Muchowski attended medical school at the University of California at Davis and finished her Family Medicine Residency at Oregon Health Sciences University. She has divided her career equally between full-time clinical medicine and residency teaching; and is currently in full-time practice with Palomar Health Medical Group in Temecula, California. She served as a member of the Committee for Continuing Professional Development for the California Academy of Family Physicians and currently serves as master faculty member of the Collaborative for REMS education (CO*RE).
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Manage ongoing opioid therapy.