International Conference on Opioids Releases Schedule of Speakers

BOSTON - May 11, 2015 - PRLog -- Boston, MA – May 11, 2015 - The schedule (http://www.opioidconference.org/Schedule_at_a_glance.html) for the International Conference on Opioids (ICOO 2015), being held June 7-9, 2015, at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School was announced today. http://www.opioidconference.org

The International Conference on Opioids explores emerging opioid research and initiatives aimed at improving patient care and reducing risk of abuse. The conference is designed to educate primary care physicians, pain specialists and others with an interest in applied opioid pharmacology. In addition, the public health aspects of opioids will be presented with new data, essential information and best practices every medical professional should know when prescribing these powerful analgesics for their patients. As the clinical use of opioids has risen over the past two decades, opioid-associated harm has risen in parallel. Researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers are all intently working to address this challenge. “We are fortunate to have the most impressive gathering of opioid experts anywhere this year,” says Dr. Mellar P. Davis, conference co-chair. “We are also heartened to again have this international conference in Massachusetts, a state that is aggressively working to address the opioid and heroin abuse crisis.”

The International Conference on Opioids (www.opioidconference.org), presented by the Journal of Opioid Management, provides a unique forum comprised of renowned specialists in basic science, clinical pain application, and compliance and ethics to address the proper and responsible use of opioids, and the growing problems associated with misuse, abuse and addiction. "We have planned an evidence-based educational conference," says Dr. Paul A. Sloan, conference co-chair, "and look to provide a unique forum on the latest clinical application of opioids, as well as a spirited debate on the future of opioid analgesics."

For further information, please contact Michael J. Glynn, International Conference on Opioids, 781-899-2702, ext 103 or 781-647-7800, michael_glynn@pnpco.com , or www.opioidconference.org .

The Journal of Opioid Management (www.opioidmanagement.com) is the only professional, peer-reviewed journal focused exclusively on the safe and responsible use of opioids. With an editorial staff and review board of the world's leading experts in the field, the Journal provides guidance to physicians and healthcare professionals on how to safely prescribe and responsibly manage these drugs. The Journal of Opioid Management, ISSN1551-7489, is published bi-monthly by Weston Medical Publishing, LLC.