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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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.
Apr 19, 2023 • 19min
Episode 49 - Buprenorphine vs Fentanyl
As we've discussed many times on this podcast there is a lot of concern - from both patients and medical providers - that patients with opioid use disorder using fentanyl will have an increased risk of precipitated opioid withdrawal when they start buprenorphine. And finally, we have a study looking directly at this topic!! In this episode we review a recent paper from JAMA Network Open that looks at the rate of precipitated opioid withdrawal during buprenorphine inductions in patients with opioid use disorder using fentanyl.
Apr 6, 2023 • 43min
Episode 48 - A Recovery Story
In this episode Dr. Grover interviews Aiden, a young man in recovery. Aiden shares his story of how his addiction developed, what it's like living with addiction, how his recovery started, and what life is like as a young man in recovery.
Mar 22, 2023 • 23min
Episode 47 - What is Kratom?
How much do you know about Kratom? Who takes it and why? How does Kratom withdrawal present and how do you treat it? And what do you do in the case of a Kratom overdose? In this episode we do an evidence based review on Kratom to answer all of these questions and more.
Mar 10, 2023 • 26min
Episode 46 - Treating Alcohol Use Disorder with Topiramate
Have you had a patient ask you about using Topiramate to treat their alcohol use disorder? Or maybe you've heard a colleague talk about it, but don't know much about it? In this episode we review the use of the medication topiramate in treating alcohol use disorder. Spoiler alert! This may be practice changing!
Feb 27, 2023 • 27min
Episode 45 - Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
How often do you see patients who regularly use cannabis who get recurrent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting? It seems like this comes up at least every other shift in the Emergency Department. In this episode we review all aspects of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, from pathophysiology, to diagnosis, to treatment.
Feb 10, 2023 • 39min
Episode 44 - What is the risk of fentanyl exposure to first responders and what do we do about it?
Have you heard reports of first responders having overdoses on fentanyl after just touching it? Do you actually know how well fentanyl is absorbed through the skin? What PPE should first responders use if they know they are going to be exposed to fentanyl? In this episode we do a mega deep dive to find out what is the risk of fentanyl exposure to first responders and what can we do to mitigate that risk?
Jan 19, 2023 • 25min
Episode 43 - Cannabis Toxicity and "Greening Out"
How familiar are you with cannabis toxicity? Do you know the symptoms of a cannabis overdose? If your patient told you that she "greened out" last night, would you know what she was talking about? In this episode we do an evidence-based review of cannabis toxicity, including what it means to "green out"
