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Many painful conditions are not able to be treated by one therapy alone. The use of multiple modalities is generally more effective and the same is true with medications. Rational polypharmacy will provide the learner with details regarding the safe and effective use of different medications in...
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Sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Paul Choi, MD
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Sponsored by kaleo, Anand Thakur, MD
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Despite the current opioid crisis, opioids remain the mainstay of analgesic therapy. They are associated with a multitude of side effects, including respiratory depression, pruritus, nausea, vomiting, urinary retention, ileus, and constipation. Beyond certain doses and duration of intake that vary...
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West Virginia continues to lead the nation, and world, in drug overdoses, which makes one ponder what is being done at the “ground zero” of the opioid epidemic to save and improve lives. Where better than where it’s worst should some of the possible solutions come from? In 2016, an interprofessional...
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Sponsored by Salix, Gerald Sacks, MD