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>Senior faculty member Michael Clark offers some thoughts on engagement of medical marijuana in pain treatment. Are there lessons to be learned from our experience with opioids? Perhaps so…
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What’s best for the patient? That should always be the #1 question a clinician asks. Whether utilizing old molecules new ways, or using new opportunities to lessen pain, practitioners want what will work best for each individual patient. Dr. Passik discusses.
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A perennial favorite among the sessions at PAINWeek is the exchange of perspectives by clinical pharmacy specialist and adjunct associate professor Jeffrey Fudin and Jeffrey Gudin, director of the pain management and palliative care center at Englewood Hospital. In this 2-part video, we offer some...
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“Palliative care” is a misunderstood term. What is it? Why, and which, patients need it? How can practitioners get the message across that palliative care can help? Jessica Geiger-Hayes, a clinical pharmacist in palliative care, helps to clear up misinformation, and misgivings.
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Clinical pharmacy specialists Foy and Uritsky discuss pain management options for patients with chronic pain and central sensitization, particularly as these relate to decisions on opioid tapering. Effective patient education is key to success.
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Dr. David Cosio on looking past the “difficult” and getting to the root of why a patient may be agitated and hard to work with. How can clinicians work with this patient group? What’s the key to the clinician/patient connection?
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Chronic pelvic pain affects up to a third of women. What causes it? How is it assessed? Dr. Castellanos, whose practice is dedicated to evaluating and treating women with this type of pain, answers our questions.
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Pharmacist Abigail Brooks and Courtney Kominek on their views of medical marijuana.
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Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) add value to both law enforcement and dispensers. California maintains the Controlled Substances Utilization and Review Evaluation System (CURES) as one method to mitigate harms caused by opioids. Use of this system by physicians has been shown to...
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Noted key opinion leader Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPE, answers our questions about what’s happening now in pharmacotherapy, palliative care, and opioid therapy.