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SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

Helpful discussions of challenges commonly faced by health care clinicians when prescribing opioids. Hosted by Dr. Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Educ... Read more

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Ep #003: The Unexpected Urine Test – Positive for Cocaine

Ep #003: The Unexpected Urine Test – Positive for Cocaine

Your patient on chronic opioids for post-traumatic chronic knee pain for the past two years has achieved very good pain ... Read more

7 May 2018

4mins

Ranked #2

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Ep #010: The Unsanctioned Opioid Dose Escalation

Ep #010: The Unsanctioned Opioid Dose Escalation

Your patient, who you've been treating with chronic opioids for chronic painful diabetic neuropathy for the past 11 mont... Read more

3 Oct 2018

3mins

Ranked #3

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Ep #009: I Will Report Your for Patient Abandonment

Ep #009: I Will Report Your for Patient Abandonment

When discussing tapering a patient's opioids due to lack of benefit and apparent harm, she continues to request a higher... Read more

24 Aug 2018

3mins

Ranked #4

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Ep #011: The Patient Overly-Focused on Opioid Therapy

Ep #011: The Patient Overly-Focused on Opioid Therapy

A patient treated with long-term high-dose opioids for chronic pain insists on having her opioid dose increased to impro... Read more

19 Oct 2018

2mins

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Ep #008: The New Patient on High-Dose Opioids

Ep #008: The New Patient on High-Dose Opioids

A new patient has been treated with high-dose opioids, extended-release morphine, (100 mg twice per day) for chronic bac... Read more

10 Aug 2018

3mins

Ranked #6

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Ep #004: The Unexpected Urine Test – Negative for the Prescribed Opioid

Ep #004: The Unexpected Urine Test – Negative for the Prescribed Opioid

Your patient, who has been stable on chronic, low-dose opioids for chronic pain for the past three years with excellent ... Read more

18 May 2018

2mins

Ranked #7

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Ep #012: The Anonymous Call – Your Patient Is Selling His Opioids

Ep #012: The Anonymous Call – Your Patient Is Selling His Opioids

You get an anonymous phone call stating your patient, who you've been treating with chronic opioids for chronic pain for... Read more

15 Nov 2018

2mins

Ranked #8

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Ep #007: Your Staff is Treating Me Like a Drug Addict

Ep #007: Your Staff is Treating Me Like a Drug Addict

Your long-term patient who is stable on chronic low-dose opioids for chronic pain complains he feels the front desk and ... Read more

29 Jun 2018

2mins

Ranked #9

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Ep #006: Can You Give Me an Opioid Refill Until I Find a New Doctor?

Ep #006: Can You Give Me an Opioid Refill Until I Find a New Doctor?

When discussing tapering your patient's opioid due to lack of benefit, functional decline and apparent harm (she fell as... Read more

15 Jun 2018

2mins

Ranked #10

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Ep #005: I'm Using Cannabis to Treat My Pain

Ep #005: I'm Using Cannabis to Treat My Pain

Your patient, who has been stable on chronic low-dose opioids for chronic pain, discloses he started buying cannabis fro... Read more

1 Jun 2018

2mins

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