Ep #013: The CDC Guideline Requires All Patients to be Tapered
Ep #013: The CDC Guideline Requires All Patients to be Tapered
Your medical director states that over the next six months, all patients on opioids must be decreased below 90 morphine ... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
Ep #014: Will Post-Surgery Opioids Make Me Addicted?
Ep #014: Will Post-Surgery Opioids Make Me Addicted?
A patient is afraid receiving postoperative opioid analgesics will result in opioid addiction. How will you educate this... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
Ep #016: My Wife Overdosed on Her Fentanyl Patch!
Ep #016: My Wife Overdosed on Her Fentanyl Patch!
How will you manage a patient's chronic pain and likely opioid use disorder after her opioid overdose?
3 Mar 2020
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3mins
Ep #019: How Do I Treat Pain in a Patient With Opioid Addiction?
Ep #019: How Do I Treat Pain in a Patient With Opioid Addiction?
Your surgical colleague asks if your patient who is taking buprenorphine for his opioid use disorder should stop before ... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
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Ep #018: I Don't Want Addicted Patients in Our Practice
Ep #018: I Don't Want Addicted Patients in Our Practice
How do you educate your medical director about the importance and benefits of offering medications, such as buprenorphin... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain
Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain
Your medical director states all patients on chronic opioid therapy should be tapered, as there's no evidence opioids ar... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
Ep #015: I Need Opioids for My Sprained Ankle
Ep #015: I Need Opioids for My Sprained Ankle
A patient with a twisted ankle requests a prescription for oxycodone. How will you respond to his request for opioids fo... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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2mins
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
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2mins
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
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2mins
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
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