Addiction Medicine: Beyond the Abstract American Society of Addiction Medicine

Dr. Marissa Tan and her co-authors sought to help clinicians better identify individuals at risk and inform patients and clinicians about xylazine risk factors.

Podcast host Shawn McNeil, MD, is joined by Joshua Sharfstein, MD, and Sara Whaley, MPH, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who delve into the strategic allocation of $56 billion from opioid litigation settlements. As they discuss the principles for effective fund utilization, they highlight opportunities for addiction medicine specialists to play a pivotal role in guiding state and local governments to spend these resources wisely to save lives.

In episode 28 of  Addiction Medicine: Beyond the Abstract, host Shawn McNeil, MD is joined my Ashish Thakrar, MD, MS, an addiction medicine specialist and Assistant Professor of Medicine with the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Thakrar discusses the outcome of his research, which aimed to determine whether fentanyl concentration is associated with the severity of opioid withdrawal.
 
Article Link: https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/abstract/2023/07000/association_of_urine_fentanyl_concentration_with.18.aspx
 
Ashish Thakrar, MD,  X (Twitter) Handle: @especially_APT
 
Journal of Addiction Medicine. 17(4):447-453, July/August 2023.

The language used to describe people with substance use disorder impacts stigma and influences clinical decision-making. Host Dr. Shawn McNeil, MD discusses with Dr. Scott G. Weiner, MD the presence of stigmatizing language in clinical notes and detects patient- and provider-level differences.
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Based on original research published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine
July/August 2023 - Volume 17 - Issue 4
 
The Incidence and Disparities in Use of Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Notes for Patients With Substance Use Disorder

The language used to describe people with substance use disorder impacts stigma and influences clinical decision-making. Host Dr. Shawn McNeil, MD discusses with Dr. Scott G. Weiner, MD the presence of stigmatizing language in clinical notes and detects patient- and provider-level differences.
 
Based on original research published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine
July/August 2023 - Volume 17 - Issue 4
 
The Incidence and Disparities in Use of Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Notes for Patients With Substance Use Disorder

Examining the Primary Care Experience of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study
In episode 26 of Addiction Medicine: Beyond the Abstract, host Shawn McNeil, MD, is joined by Michael Incze, MD, MSEd. Dr. Incze is a primary care physician at the University of Utah Health Division of General Internal Medicine. He is board certified in internal health and addiction medicine. Dr. Incze will discuss the advantages of primary care-based SUD treatment, focusing on both the perspective of patients and clinicians.
 
Journal of Addiction Medicine, July/August 2023
 
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2023&issue=07000&article=00009&type=Fulltext&context=featuredarticles&collectionid=1