S2 Ep23: #498 Opioid Withdrawal with Dr. Ashish Thakrar
Update: 2025-11-17
Description
Grow your management tools for opioid withdrawal in the hospital. Investigate how to decide between methadone and buprenorphine, additional medications to manage symptoms and how and when to use short-acting opioids for management of withdrawal. We’re joined by Ashish Thakrar, MD at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Show Segments
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By listening to this episode and completing CME, this can be used to count towards the new DEA 8-hr requirement on substance use disorders education.
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Show Segments
- Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
- Guest one-liner
- Case from Kashlak; Definitions
- Symptoms of opioid withdrawal
- Medications for the management of opioid withdrawal
- Buprenorphine precipitated withdrawal
- Starting Buprenorphine: Experiences and Strategies
- Titrating Methadone: Dosage and Adjuncts
- Adjunctive short-acting opioids
- Emerging Trends in Drug Supply: Xylazine and Medetomidine
- Outro
Credits
- Producer, Show Notes: Zina Huxley-Reicher
- Infographics: Zina Huxley-Reicher MD and Zoya Surani
- Hosts: Carolyn Chan, MD MHS, Zina Huxley-Reicher MD, Shawn Cohen, MD
- Reviewer: Payel Jhoom Roy, MD, MSc
- Showrunner: Carolyn Chan, MD, MHS
- Technical Production: PodPaste
- Guest: Ashish Thakrar, MD MHSP
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