Podcast 878: Opioids for Low Back and Neck Pa...

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: How long do we need to watch patients with a presumed overdose who were treated with naloxone in the field? A 2025 study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine took a look at this question Methods Prospective, multi-institutional coh ...  Show more

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: D-dimer: fibrin degradation product used to evaluate for clot formation and breakdown Threshold: <500ng/mL rules out venous thromboembolism in low risk patients Elevated D-dimer indicates recent or ongoing intravascular coagulat ...  Show more

An opioid abuse epidemic now plagues US healthcare. It was caused, in part, by overzealous advocacy for controlling chronic pain resulting in overuse of narcotics. There are now 2 million Americans addicted to opioids. The approach for treating chronic pain must change. In this p ...  Show more

Dr. Judith Paice and Dr. Eduardo Bruera discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations from ASCO on the use of opioids in managing cancer-related pain. They review the safe and effective use of opioids, including when clinicians should offer opioids, which opioids should be of ...  Show more

When we are in pain, we often turn to over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen. Sometimes, however, we’re prescribed opioid painkillers, and there’s a perception that this will be a more effective treatment, because opiods are the “strongest” treatment. But a lot of what w ...  Show more

Dr. Pennell talks with Dr. Ray Page about efforts to address the opioid crisis impact onthe care of patients, and what role oncologists can play on this issue. Hello, and welcome to the ASCO Journal of Oncology Practice podcast. This is Dr. Nate Pennell, medical oncologist at the ...  Show more