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Dr. Debra Houry is an Emergency MD who works at the CDC as Director of National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. She joins us to discuss the scope of the opioid epidemic and the new CDC guideline for prescribing opiates for chronic pain. We also tackle the multiple challenges and difficulties we face in taking on this complex problem as well the potential for making an impact.

Dr. Debra Houry is an Emergency MD who works at the CDC as Director of National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. She joins us to discuss the scope of the opioid epidemic and the new CDC guideline for prescribing opiates for chronic pain. We also tackle the multiple challenges and difficulties we face in taking on this complex problem as well the potential for making an impact.

Debra Houry On The Opioid Epidemic & Centers for Disease Control

The United States is in the midst of a prescription drug overdose epidemic. Prescriptions and sales of opioids like Vicodin and Percocet have quadrupled since 1999. According to the CDC, more than 40 people die every day from prescription opioid overdoses. Joining Pedram Shojai today to talk about this epidemic and the new federal guidelines issued to primary care doctors treating adult patients for chronic pain is Dr. Debra Houry. She is the director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. She is also a practicing ER doctor. What is the CDC's role in this epidemic? Under what conditions might a doctor prescribe an opioid? Are they always given in short supply with a recheck required for a refill? What is the doctor's role in checking to make sure the patient is not harmed by the prescription? Does the patient have any responsibility to know what they're taking? How will the new CDC guidelines affect the way doctors prescribe medicines to their patients? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://well.org/subscribe Subscribe to The Urban Monk Podcast on iTunes: http://theurbanmonk.com/ Subscribe to the Health Bridge Podcast on iTunes: http://well.org/healthbridgepodcast Connect with us:http://well.org/Facebook - http://well.org/facebookTwitter - http://well.org/twitterPinterest - http://well.org/pinterestYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/wellchannel

The United States is in the midst of a prescription drug overdose epidemic. Prescriptions and sales of opioids like Vicodin and Percocet have quadrupled since 1999. According to the CDC, more than 40 people die every day from prescription opioid overdoses. Joining Pedram Shojai today to talk about this epidemic and the new federal guidelines issued to primary care doctors treating adult patients for chronic pain is Dr. Debra Houry. She is the director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. She is also a practicing ER doctor. What is the CDC's role in this epidemic? Under what conditions might a doctor prescribe an opioid? Are they always given in short supply with a recheck required for a refill? What is the doctor's role in checking to make sure the patient is not harmed by the prescription? Does the patient have any responsibility to know what they're taking? How will the new CDC guidelines affect the way doctors prescribe medicines to their patients? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://well.org/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/subscribe</a> Subscribe to The Urban Monk Podcast on iTunes: <a href="http://theurbanmonk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theurbanmonk.com/</a> Subscribe to the Health Bridge Podcast on iTunes: <a href="http://well.org/healthbridgepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/healthbridgepodcast</a> Connect with us:<a href="http://well.org/Facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/Facebook</a> - <a href="http://well.org/facebookTwitter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/facebookTwitter</a> - <a href="http://well.org/twitterPinterest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/twitterPinterest</a> - <a href="http://well.org/pinterestYouTube" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://well.org/pinterestYouTube</a> – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/wellchannel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/wellchannel</a>

Opioid Epidemic with Guest Dr. Debra Houry

Guideline

Dr. Debra Houry is Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. T.R. Frieden and D. Houry. Reducing the Risks of Relief - The CDC Opioid-Prescribing Guideline. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1501-4.

NEJM Interview: Dr. Debra Houry on a new opioid-prescribing guideline from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.