Target Audience This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine Learning Objectives Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to: - Diagnose and manage patients with asthma - Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence-based medicine for common respiratory infections - Describe the current therapeutic management of COPD - Discuss diagnosis and screening strategies as well as treatment plans for lung nodules and lung cancer - Review the risks and benefits of the treatment options for arthritis (non-selective NSAIDs, cox-2 inhibitors, DMARDs, narcotics and tramadol) - Describe the differential diagnoses of inflammatory arthritis based on clinical presentation and laboratory workup - Utilize current evidence to design treatment strategies for osteoarthritis - Diagnose and treat gout and pseudogout - Describe the neurobiology of addiction - Review the effects of addictive drugs including hallucinogens, stimulants, inhalants, sedatives, tobacco and alcohol - List FDA approved medications for addiction treatment and examine the role of each - Discuss options for patients with chronic pain addictions