Episodes

  • Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, and Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem, PhD, FNP-C, answer audience questions that were submitted at the June 2023 webinar titled, “Safe and Smart: Teaching Patients About Safe Opioid Practices.” Their answers cover topics including how to conduct a pill count and cost concerns regarding naloxone.

    Presenters:

    Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem, PhD, FNP-C
    Clinical Associate Professor
    School of Nursing
    University of Michigan
    Nurse Practitioner
    Packard Health
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
    Physician Assistant
    West Forsyth Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program: https://bit.ly/44wOqkc

  • In this episode, Michael Sprintz, DO, DFASAM, and Tia, a patient and advocate, talk about their experiences with opioid use disorder, pain, and the road to recovery. This podcast aims to differentiate opioid dependency from opioid use disorder, decrease the stigma of opioid misuse, and encourage those affected by it to seek treatment. The informative discussion includes first-hand perspectives of developing opioid dependency, a call to action for both healthcare professionals and patients to remember that addiction is a biological disorder and the importance of open communication to build a strong support system in the face of addiction.

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  • Listen as Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP; Andrew Friedman, MD; and Mark Queralt, MD, answer the most pressing questions from 2 live webinars covering nonpharmacologic, nonopioid, and opioid pharmacologic options for pain management. These webinars are part of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative and are titled, “Managing Pain: A Focus on Nonpharmacologic and Nonopioid Approaches” and “Managing Pain: A Focus on Opioid Analgesic Approaches.”

    Presenters:

    Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Division of Pharmacy Practice
    The University of Texas at Austin
    College of Pharmacy
    Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
    Integrated Behavioral Health Department
    Austin, Texas

    Andrew Friedman, MD
    Section Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Virginia Mason Medical Center
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington


    Mark Queralt, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Director of the Musculoskeletal Institute
    Back and Neck Pain Clinical Director
    University of Texas Health Austin
    Austin, Texas

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc, and Kate M. Nicholson, JD, provide unique healthcare professional and patient perspectives on opioid tapering in the setting of chronic pain management. Their conversation includes commentary on the impact of the 2016 and 2022 CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain, the importance of informed consent, and the ongoing research regarding risks and consequences of opioid tapers.

    Select links to resources related to the content of this podcast episode include:

    Assessing Reasons for Decreased Primary Care Access for Individuals on Prescribed Opioids: An Audit Study journals.lww.com/pain/Citation/2021/05000/Assessing_reasons_for_decreased_primary_care.11.aspxPatient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876887Comparative Effectiveness of Opioid Tapering or Abrupt Discontinuation vs No Dosage Change for Opioid Overdose or Suicide for Patients Receiving Stable Long-term Opioid Therapy jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2795159

    Stefan G. Kertesz, MD, MSc
    Professor of Medicine
    Department of Medicine
    Division of Preventive Medicine
    UAB Heersink School of Medicine
    Birmingham, Alabama

    Kate M. Nicholson, JD

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see

    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, answers the most pressing questions from the first live webinar of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “What All Practitioners Should Know About Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain.”


    Presenter:

    Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
    Physician Assistant
    West Forsyth Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Vanila Singh, MD, MACM, speaks with Maggie Buckley, a woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain, about her experience with pain therapies and different healthcare professionals over the years. They have an enlightening discussion about the challenges both patients and healthcare professionals face in optimizing pain management, with a poignant conversation about how stigma plays a role in pain medicine. They close by offering advice to fellow healthcare professionals and patients on how to approach pain management from both perspectives.

    Presenters:

    Vanila Singh, MD, MACM

    Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative, and Pain Medicine
    Stanford School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, California
    Chairperson, Former Chief Medical Officer
    HHS Pain Management Pain Task Force
    US Department of Health and Human Services

    Maggie Buckley

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see

    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:

    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM, and Theresa Mallick-Searle,MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC, provide thoughtful answers and clinical insights to audience questions that were submitted at a recent webinar about developing individualized pain treatment plans. Topics covered in this podcast include risk assessment, navigating the balance between “law enforcement” and “healthcare professional” when prescribing opioids, and prescription drug monitoring programs.


    Presenters:

    Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, California
    FMR Chief Medical Officer
    US Department of Health and Human Services
    Chairperson
    Congressionally Mandated Pain Task Force


    Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC
    Adult Nurse Practitioner
    Division Pain Medicine
    Stanford Health Care
    Redwood City, California


    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, and Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem, PhD, FNP-C, answer audience questions that were submitted at the June 2023 webinar titled, “Safe and Smart: Teaching Patients About Safe Opioid Practices.” Their answers cover topics including how to conduct a pill count and cost concerns regarding naloxone.

    Presenters:

    Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem, PhD, FNP-C
    Clinical Associate Professor
    School of Nursing
    University of Michigan
    Nurse Practitioner
    Packard Health
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
    Physician Assistant
    West Forsyth Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc, and Kate M. Nicholson, JD, provide unique healthcare professional and patient perspectives on opioid tapering in the setting of chronic pain management. Their conversation includes commentary on the impact of the 2016 and 2022 CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain, the importance of informed consent, and the ongoing research regarding risks and consequences of opioid tapers.

    Select links to resources related to the content of this podcast episode include:

    • Assessing Reasons for Decreased Primary Care Access for Individuals on Prescribed Opioids: An Audit Study

    journals.lww.com/pain/Citation/2021/05000/Assessing_reasons_for_decreased_primary_care.11.aspx

    • Patient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain

    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876887

    • Comparative Effectiveness of Opioid Tapering or Abrupt Discontinuation vs No Dosage Change for Opioid Overdose or Suicide for Patients Receiving Stable Long-term Opioid Therapy

    jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2795159

    Presenters:

    Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc
    Professor of Medicine
    Department of Medicine
    Division of Preventive Medicine
    UAB Heersink School of Medicine
    Birmingham, Alabama

    Kate M. Nicholson, JD

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM, and Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC, provide thoughtful answers and clinical insights to audience questions that were submitted at a recent webinar about developing individualized pain treatment plans. Topics covered in this podcast include risk assessment, navigating the balance between “law enforcement” and “healthcare professional” when prescribing opioids, and prescription drug monitoring programs.

    Presenters:

    Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, California
    FMR Chief Medical Officer
    US Department of Health and Human Services
    Chairperson
    Congressionally Mandated Pain Task Force

    Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC
    Adult Nurse Practitioner
    Division Pain Medicine
    Stanford Health Care
    Redwood City, California

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Vanila Singh, MD, MACM, speaks with Maggie Buckley, a woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain, about her experience with pain therapies and different healthcare professionals over the years. They have an enlightening discussion about the challenges both patients and healthcare professionals face in optimizing pain management, with a poignant conversation about how stigma plays a role in pain medicine. They close by offering advice to fellow healthcare professionals and patients on how to approach pain management from both perspectives.

    Presenters:

    Vanila Singh, MD, MACM
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative, and Pain Medicine
    Stanford School of Medicine
    Palo Alto, California
    Chairperson, Former Chief Medical Officer
    HHS Pain Management Pain Task Force
    US Department of Health and Human Services

    Maggie Buckley

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP; Andrew Friedman, MD; and Mark Queralt, MD, answer the most pressing questions from 2 live webinars covering nonpharmacologic, nonopioid, and opioid pharmacologic options for pain management. These webinars are part of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative and are titled, “Managing Pain: A Focus on Nonpharmacologic and Nonopioid Approaches” and “Managing Pain: A Focus on Opioid Analgesic Approaches.”

    Presenters:

    Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Division of Pharmacy Practice
    The University of Texas at Austin
    College of Pharmacy
    Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
    Integrated Behavioral Health Department
    Austin, Texas

    Andrew Friedman, MD
    Section Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Virginia Mason Medical Center
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Mark Queralt, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Director of the Musculoskeletal Institute
    Back and Neck Pain Clinical Director
    University of Texas Health Austin
    Austin, Texas

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, answers the most pressing questions from the first live webinar of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “What All Practitioners Should Know About Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain.”

    Presenter:
    Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
    Physician Assistant
    West Forsyth Pain Management
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • Listen as Lisa Phipps, PharmD, PhD, provides an overview of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “Patient-Centered Pain Management: An Expert’s Guide to Safe, Effective, and Appropriate Care for Patients With Pain.” This yearlong educational program will bring you complimentary live webinars, on-demand videos, podcasts, decision tools, and ClinicalThought blog posts—all developed with the help of pain and addiction specialists to provide the most up-to-date, clinically sound information on managing patients with pain and/or substance use disorder. In addition, webinars and webcasts will be available for CE/CME credits applicable to all healthcare professionals to further enhance your education and practice.

    Presenter:
    Lisa Phipps, PharmD, PhD

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:

    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, provides information on both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options for patients with opioid use disorder. Listeners will gain an understanding of the available counseling programs and medications for opioid use disorder—methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone—including the patient scenarios for which each may be most appropriate. In addition, Dr Weaver emphasizes that substance use disorder is a chronic condition and that optimal treatment involves a multimodal approach.

    Presenter:

    Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical Director
    Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
    McGovern Medical School
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Houston, Texas

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, and Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC, have an interprofessional discussion of patient cases centered on managing opioid use disorder (OUD). The experts cover both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options, including comparisons of the medications available for OUD. Throughout the discussion, listeners also will learn about addressing OUD with a patient in a professional, nonjudgmental manner; exit strategies for opioid analgesic treatment regimens after OUD is identified; and how to continually assess the level of care that a patient with OUD may need throughout treatment.

    Presenters:

    Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical Director
    Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
    McGovern Medical School
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Houston, Texas

    Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC
    Adjunct Faculty
    School of Nursing
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
    Department of Psychiatry
    VCU Health
    Richmond, Virginia

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode, Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, discusses the complexities of substance use disorder. He details the neurobiology of addiction, emphasizing that developing a substance use disorder is a brain disease, not a personal choice. Listen in as Dr Weaver provides information on risk factors and screening tools for substance use disorders, as well as helpful guidance on reducing stigma and effectively communicating with patients and caregivers.

    Presenter:

    Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical Director
    Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
    McGovern Medical School
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Houston, Texas

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.

    Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode,Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM, and Sung (Sunny) Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC, have an interprofessional discussion of patient cases centered on substance use disorders. Each expert provides a real-world case example from their practice and weighs in on the importance of educating all healthcare professionals on screening and management practices for use disorders. Listen as they discuss the complexities of addiction and patient care. One case focuses on a patient who is already receiving opioid therapy but has begun exhibiting signs of an opioid use disorder, and the other focuses on a patient who wants to try an opioid prescription but has several “red flags” in her history.

    Presenter:

    Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM
    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Medical Director
    Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction
    McGovern Medical School
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Houston, Texas

    Sung Cheol Kim, MSN, PMHNP-BC
    Adjunct Faculty
    School of Nursing
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
    Department of Psychiatry
    VCU Health
    Richmond, Virginia

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode,Ameet Nagpal MD, MS, MEd, and Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP,discuss the complexities of pain management and the important roles of primary care providers and pain specialists in caring for patients with chronic pain. Listen as they go through a case example to provide insight on the common scenario of inheriting a patient with chronic pain when you do not agree with the previous provider’s treatment plan.

    Presenters:
    Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd
    Incoming Division Chief
    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Physical Medicine
    Medical University of South Carolina
    Charleston, South Carolina

    Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
    Owner and Family Nurse Practitioner
    Wright & Associates Family Healthcare at Amherst and Concord
    Amherst, New Hampshire

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi

  • In this episode, Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP, provides an overview of the life-saving drug naloxone. She discusses its pharmacology, clinical indications, and key role in situations where opioids are prescribed and overdose is possible. Listen as she demonstrates how to discuss naloxone with patients in a nonjudgmental, informative manner.

    Presenters:

    Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Division of Pharmacy Practice
    The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
    Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist
    Integrated Behavioral Health Department
    Austin, Texas

    This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
    https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9
    for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

    Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

    Link to full program:
    https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi