Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
Casey Grover, MD, FACEP, FASAM
Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*
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Aug 30, 2023 • 35min
Episode 58 - How to Use Naloxone like a Pro
Naloxone saves lives! In this episode, Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine physician Dr. Reb Close joins Dr. Grover to discuss naloxone - how to use it, how to get it into the hands of patients, and how to distribute it in the community.
Aug 24, 2023 • 18min
Episode 57 - Have you heard of Phenibut?
Have you heard of Phenibut? Did you know that it can be bought online as an unregulated supplement and yet regular use causes dependence? Any idea how to manage Phenibut withdrawal? In this episode we review the literature on Phenibut, including Phenibut toxicity and withdrawal.
Jul 24, 2023 • 19min
Episode 56 - When you prescribe an opioid, who else besides your patient might have an overdose?
In this episode we review the risk of having opioids in the home. As in – when you prescribe an opioid to a patient – what is the risk to the other people and family members in that patient’s home?
Jul 11, 2023 • 28min
Episode 55 - Can you use baclofen to treat alcohol use disorder?
Have you heard about using baclofen for alcohol use disorder? Does it work? How do you dose it? What are the contraindications? In this episode we do an evidence based review of the use of baclofen to treat alcohol use disorder
Jun 27, 2023 • 28min
Episode 54 - Do you know enough about urine drug screens to use them effectively?
So...how much do you know about urine drug screens? Can selegiline cause a false + for meth? Can quinolones cause a false + for opioids? Can putting visine in urine cause a false negative? What should you do if you think you've gotten a false positive result on a urine drug screen. In this episode - we tackle all these questions and more
Jun 15, 2023 • 5min
BONUS EPISODE - A little inspiration
A really quick bonus episode! Dr. Grover shares a poem written about addiction that reminds us why treating patients with substance use disorders matters so much.
Jun 1, 2023 • 23min
Episode 53 - Is the buprenorphine you prescribe going to end up on the street?
Have you ever been worried that when you prescribe a controlled substance that your patient might sell it on the street or to a friend? Of course you have. What about when you prescribe buprenorphine? In this episode we review the topic of buprenorphine diversion - how common is it, and what actually happens when patients use diverted buprenorphine?
May 15, 2023 • 59min
Episode 52 - Talking to kids about drug use
In this episode Dr. Casey Grover and child psychiatrist Dr. Susan Swick discuss the topic of talking to kids about drug use. They discuss how health care providers can connect with kids who are using substances, how to work with the parents of a child who is using substances, and when parents should start discussing substance use with their kids before substance use starts.
May 5, 2023 • 41min
Episode 51 - What's it like having a family history of addiction?
Have you ever wondered what it's like growing up with parents who have addiction? Have you ever talked to patients about what it's like parenting while in recovery? How often have you seen one generation with addiction lead to the next generation having addiction too? In this episode Dr. Grover interviews a colleague who discusses her strong family history of addiction, her own addiction, and how she is raising her kids in a healthy drug/alcohol free home.
Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 4min
Episode 50 - A Recovery Story, Part 2
In this episode Dr. Grover does a follow up interview with Aiden, a young man in recovery. Aiden shares more of his recovery story, including how music keeps him focused on recovery, what it was like to be incarcerated, how being incarcerated has affected his recovery, how he deals with regret looking back on his time with active addiction, and what his goals are for the future.
