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An epidemiologist looks at opioid therapy from the perspective of dose vs risk relationships, and comments on how communities can better harness local initiative and interest to combat overdose events.
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Drs. Carter and Schatman consider the consequences that would accrue from the removal of opioids from the therapeutic options for chronic pain. The segment also discusses the characteristics of a “better” opioid, and the research understanding needed to get there.
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Drs. Carter and Schatman consider the consequences that would accrue from the removal of opioids from the therapeutic options for chronic pain. The segment also discusses the characteristics of a “better” opioid, and the research understanding needed to get there.
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Pharmacogenetic testing is a new idea and a new science that has been attached to chronic pain prescribing, but it’s important to note that it may not be appropriate for every patient in your practice. As a prescriber, you have to be the one to make that differentiation.
Examples of patients you...
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Some further observations on the role of opioids, including advice to the primary clinician as they approach the prescribing decision.
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A discussion of the research breakthroughs that have occurred in the understanding of centralized pain, and an outline of approaches to pain management.
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Dr. Argoff comments on the appropriate role of opioid analgesics as part of therapy for chronic noncancer pain, with observations on protecting legitimate access while preventing abuse.
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Therapeutic neuroscience education is helping patients to understand chronic pain from a neurophysiology perspective. It teaches patients very basic things about the physiology of our nervous system, how the brain gets involved in producing pain, and helps people to understand exactly what changes...
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A discussion of the impact of mood and anxiety disorders on recovery from pain conditions. Dr. Datz describes the neurochemical changes that occur, the effect of sex difference, and outlines some options for treatment.
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One of the challenges with pain is we just don’t have enough clinicians who are trained, relative to the number of patients needing care. So initially we thought of the group as a way that we can make better use of our scarce resources. But what we found is that the groups took on a life of their...