The mission of the Tufts Health Care Institute Program on Opioid Risk Management is to address challenges in the development and utilization of opioid analgesics, by engaging a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders focused on optimizing the benefits of opioid for pain management, and minimizing their risks, including abuse and diversion.

November 20-21, 2008
Conference on Co-Ingestion of Alcohol with Prescription Opioids

Executive Summary

November 2008

Agenda

Purpose of Meeting
Presentation >>

The Public Health Implications of Stakeholders to Reduce the Problem of Opioid-Alcohol Co-Ingestion
Thomas Kosten, M.D. Presentation >>

Prescription Opioid and Alcohol Co-Ingestion among U.S. Adolescents
Sean McCabe, PhD Presentation >>

Epidemiological Evidence of the Association Between Alcohol and Opioid Dependence
Howard Chilcoat, ScD. Presentation >>

Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics of Alcohol and Opioids
Robert Swift, M.D.,PhD Presentation >>

Pharmacodynamics of Alcohol and Opioids: Pathways to Addiction and Euphoria
Christina Gianoulakis, PhD Presentation >>

Developing Alcohol–Opioid Abuse Deterrent Formulations: Regulatory Perspectives
Dale Koble, PhD Presentation >>

Evidence of Co-occurring Alcohol and Prescription Abuse in Clinical Populations: Implications for Screening
Stephen Butler, PhD Presentation >>

Management of Pain in Patients with Co-occurring Alcohol and Opioid Misuse
Seddon Savage, M.D. Presentation >>

Opioid and Alcohol Interactions: A Critical Review of the Worldwide Literature
Beatrice Setnik, PhD. Presentation >>