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Tanya Uritsky, a clinical pharmacy specialist in pain management and palliative care at the University of Pennsylvania at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses opioid treatment in the current climate.
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Opioid reduction may be necessary in certain patients due to safety risk. Certain patients may be resistant to medication change for a number of physical and psychosocial factors. This presentation aims to provide clinicians with concrete examples of patient centered approaches to handling...
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Motivational interviewing is a patient centered, collaborative style of communication that represents one tool to help clinicians overcome the challenges of conversations surrounding opioid tapers. MI may increase provider comfort and skill in guiding conversations that have potential to cause...
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Fewer than 5% of people who are referred for treatment for opioid abuse from the criminal justice system in the US are receiving medication assisted therapy. This finding is reported by researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in a study report appearing in the December...
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Jessica Geiger-Hayes, a pharmacist from Ohio, answers our questions on opioids, healthcare, patient vs practitioner goals, and more, in this interview from PAINWeek 2017.
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We certainly know that constipation is a reliably experienced side effect from opioid therapy. And I'm sure most everyone has been constipated at some point in their life. It's certainly not a great topic to talk about, but it's very uncomfortable. It makes people nauseated. Just really makes them...
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Two outpatient office based approaches to treating opioid addiction are equally safe and effective, conclude findings from a comparative study lead by researchers from the departments of psychology and population health at NYU Langone School of Medicine. The study compared the opioid antagonist...
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Two pharmacists give their views on the current climate in pain management. It's not just about the proper treatment, it's about choosing the proper treatment for this particular patient. Drs. Brooks and Kominek discuss patients, medications, and guidelines.
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Dr. Jeffrey Fudin discusses FDA and CDC guidelines for opioid prescribing. Capping may make obtaining opioids harder, which may be good for some and harmful for others.
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Opioids seem to be in the news daily. "They're good" vs "They're bad". If a practitioner wants to use an alternative, will insurance companies cover the cost? Dr. Jeffrey Fudin, a PharmD and a pain management specialist, on if/how health insurance companies have an effect on the opioid epidemic.