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Methylphenidate for Fatigue

Dr. Cece Ralyea discusses methylphenidate in palliative care. Article - Stone PC, Minton O, Richardson A, et al. Methylphenidate Versus Placebo....
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Rural care provider experience of palliative care for people with substance use disorders

Dr. Alyssa Lambrecht from University of Kentucky discusses article - Tayba, L., Cuesta-Briand, B., Auret, K. et al. Palliative care for people with substance use....
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Dr. Alyssa Lambrecht

Cardiac Surgeons’ Approach to Infective Endocarditis

Dr. Mark Marbey from USC/Prisma Health reviews article from 2020 "Cardiac Surgeons' Treatment Approaches for Infective Endocarditis Based on Patients' Substance Use History" and shares....

CNS Active Medications in Medicare recipients of home health care

Dr. Ian Glidden from USC/Prisma Health discusses research article on relationship between psychotropic medications for people with both anxiety disorders and chronic pain disorders in....
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Defining Suffering in Palliative Care

Dr. Kaylee Gouge, from University of Kentucky, discusses the emotional currency of the term "suffering" in palliative care, from perspectives in the pediatric ICU setting.....

Palliative care for people who use drugs

Dr. Rebekka DePew from Emory University discusses article followed by participant discussion. Article - Buchman DZ, Lo S, Ding P, et al. Palliative care for....
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Trauma-Informed Care in Palliative Care

Dr. Murad Aldarayseh, from University of Kentucky, discusses Trauma-Informed Care in palliative care. Articles: Salama R, Simpson J, Eccles FJR, French M. Trauma-informed palliative care:....
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Dr. Murad Aldarayseh

Differences in Pain Management in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Dr. Erin Vipler discusses her article - Vipler E, Nowels MA, Youngwerth J. Differences in Inpatient Management of Cancer-Related....

Infectious Disease and Palliative Care

Dr. Nicholas Meade discusses the intersection of infectious disease and palliative care. Article - Smith AGC, Yarrington ME, Baker AW, et al.....
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Dr. Nicholas Meade

Methadone to Buprenorphine Using Low Dosing

Dr. Ashna Kamal from SLU describes opioid rotation from methadone to buprenorphine. Article - Tremonti C, Blogg J, Jamshidi N, et al.....

Low Dose Naltrexone for Refractory Cancer Pain

Dr. Caleb Knisley from University of South Carolina discusses a study at MDACC on the use of low dose naltrexone for refractory cancer pain. Malik....

Ethics of Behavioral Contracts in SUD

Author Justine Landi discusses her article from the journal Caring for the Ages about the ethics of behavioral contracts in skilled nursing facilities for patients....

Access to Buprenorphine for Cancer Pain

Authors Amy Case and Mellar Davis review the role of buprenorphine for treatment of cancer pain and the barriers to accessing this effective medication from....

Challenging the Utility of DSM 5 OUD Criteria in Problematic Prescription Opioid Use

MAPPIT reviews Jane Ballantyne's article from the Journal of Addiction Medicine Challenging the Utility of DSM-5 Opioid Use Disorder Criteria for Diagnosing Problematic Prescription Opioid....

Urine Drug Monitoring in Palliative Clinic

Dr. Reed Nerness from UPMC discusses findings from a large academic medical cancer center that implemented a routine urine drug monitoring protocol. Article - Chevalier....

Prescribed Safer Opioid Supply

Dr. Katrina Nickels and participants discuss Safer Opioid Supply programs in Canada and scoping review article - Ledlie S, Garg R,....
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Dr. Katrina Nickels

Low Dose IV Buprenorphine Inductions

Dr. Charmee Vyas from the University of Kentucky reviews article followed by discussion about participants' experiences with patients with substance use disorders. Article - Murray....

Low Dose Initiation of Buprenorphine

Dr. Miguel Maceda from USC/Prisma Health reviews Low Dose Initiation of Buprenorphine. Article - Cohen SM, Weimer MB,....

Advocacy for patients with opioid use disorder: A primer on the Americans with Disabilities Act

Dr. Anna-Maria South discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to the care of people with opioid use disorder. Article - South AM,....

Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain in Palliative Clinic

Author Chad Kollas describes the work and findings from his article in JPSM "Effectiveness of Long Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain in an Outpatient....

Expert consensus-based guidance to opioid management in nonmedical stimulant use

Author Katie Fitzgerald Jones discusses her foundational work on Expert Consensus Recommendations on opioid pain management in patients with nonmedical stimulant use. Article: Jones KF,....
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Author Katie Fitzgerald Jones

Buprenorphine as First-Line Opioid for Cancer Pain

Dr. Dylan Sherry leads a conversation with MAPPIT participants discussing their experiences, resources, tips and communication recommendations with buprenorphine for patients with cancer related pain.....

When Family Life Contributes to Cancer Caregiver Burden

Dr. Sabina Hyder from Prisma Health / University of South Carolina discusses Benson 2023 article "When Family Life Contributes to Cancer Caregiver Burden in Palliative....

Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose

Dr. Katrina Nickels reviews Merlin 2023 article "Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose in patients with and without cancer"....
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Dr. Katrina Nickels

Stigmatizing Language Towards Individuals with OUD Who Have Pain and Cancer

Dr. Monika Holbein leads a discussion from JPSM article she co-authored "Stigmatizing Language Expressed in Individuals With Current or Previous OUD Who Have Pain and....

Sublingual Buprenorphine for High-Risk Chronic Pain Patients

Drs. Wanhong Zheng & Patrick Marshalek from the West Virginia University High Risk Pain Clinic present their work and findings....

Should Bupe be first line?

We really enjoyed this discussion with Dylan Sherry about his article (citation below) discussing buprenorphine as first line management for cancer related pain. I forgot....

Stigmatizing Language

Dr. Monika Holbein leads a discussion from JPSM article co-authored "Stigmatizing Language Expressed in Individuals With Current or Previous OUD Who Have Pain and Cancer:....