Your SCOPE of Pain micro-cases podcast host Dr. Daniel Alford
Dr. Daniel Alford — Professor of Medicine and course director for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine's SCOPE of Pain safer opioid prescribing program — shares more than 20 years' experience as a general internist along with his personal understanding of the complexities, communication challenges, risks, and benefits of prescribing opioids for patients with chronic pain in this exclusive series.
Introduction to the SCOPE of Pain micro-cases podcast series with Dr. Daniel Alford
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The SCOPE of Pain micro-cases podcast series episodes are organized below by challenges commonly faced by clinicians and deliver clinical pearls in 4 minutes or less.
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The Challenge: Misinformation About Opioids and the CDC Guideline
The CDC Guideline Requires All Patients to be Tapered
The Challenge: Opioids and Acute Pain
I Need Opioids for My Sprained Ankle
Will Post-Surgery Opioids Make Me Addicted?
The Challenge: Pain, Opioids Overdose, and Opioid Use Disorders
My Wife Overdosed on Her Fentanyl Patch!
I Don't Want Addicted Patients in Our Practice
How Do I Treat Pain in a Patient With Opioid Addiction?
The Challenge: Assessment and Monitoring
My Pain is a "20" on a 10-Point Scale
You Treat Me Like a Drug Addict
Your Staff is Treating Me Like a Drug Addict
The Challenge: Unexpected Urine Drug Test Result
Positive for Cocaine
Negative for the Prescribed Opioid
The Challenge: High-Risk Patients
I am Using Cannabis to Treat My Pain
The New Patient on High Dose Opioids
The Challenge: Worrisome Signs and Opioid Tapering
Can You Give Me an Opioid Refill Until I Find a New Doctor?
The Unsanctioned Opioid Dose Escalation
I Will Report You for Patient Abandonment!
The Patient Overly Focused on Opioid Therapy
The Anonymous Call: Your Patient is Selling His Opioids
The Challenge: Improving Prescriber/Community Pharmacist Communication
What Does A Community Pharmacist Do?
I'm Not Comfortable Filling This Prescription
How Does Collaboration Improve Patient Care?
How Can We Work Together?
The Challenge: Pain Management and the Role of the Primary Care Nurse
I'm a Nurse. What's My Role When Caring for Patients With Pain?
My Practice Doesn't Have any Policies Around Pain Management. Should it?
I'm Concerned About the Medications This Patient is Prescribed
How Do I Handle a Patient Who Divides The Healthcare Team?
