In this episode, a PCP and a pharmacist will discuss how to communicated better to best keep patients on opioid therapy safe while managing their pain.
A physician and nurse speak together about their roles in caring for patients on chronic opioid therapy.
In Episode 1 of this 8-part series, we'll discuss the state of pain in the US, and meet our case study, Michelle Jones. Michelle will be assessed for acute pain, and treated.
In Episode 2 of the 8-part series, our experts will meet Michelle Jones again, 18 years later, now with chronic pain. They'll discuss how to assess chronic pain and how to employ multi-modal management of pain.
In Episode 3 of 8, we'll talk about the safety and efficacy of opioids for chronic pain.
In Episode 4 of 8, our experts discuss how to assess patients for misuse risk before prescribing opioids.
In Episode 5 of 8, our experts discuss monitoring strategies to keep patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain safe.
In Episode 6 of 8, our experts discuss what might be going on with our case study patient, Michelle, who has turned up in the Emergency Department, requesting early refills of her opioid prescription.
In Episode 7, our experts contemplate two different endings for our case study: when switching opioids doesn't work, and a voluntary taper.
In our final episode, the experts discuss how to manage a patient after an overdose, and with concurrent pain and opioid use disorder.
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Alford speaks with Sheila Chapman, MD, of Boston University and Boston Medical Center, about the systemic issues that result in disparities in the assessment and treatment of pain and use disorders. Receive CME credit for this episode by going to www.scopeofpain.org/supplemental-training/.
Listen to a conversation between Dr. Daniel Alford and Dr. Ali Ebrahimi, about how primary care clinicians can work with pain management specialists: what the specialists do, and how to communicate with patients about what to expect.