In his PUPC 2024 session, "Using the Most Recent Safe Opioid Prescribing and Alternative Therapy Guidelines in Primary Care" Dr Hudspeth provided an overview of the national guidelines for managing pain...
In two lower court trials, two physicians were accused and convicted of prescribing opioid pain medicine in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Were they at fault?
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
In two lower court trials, two physicians were accused and convicted of prescribing opioid pain medicine in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Were they at fault?
A California physician was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for conspiring with a pharmacist to illegally distribute controlled substances. Should the pharmacist receive a similar sentence?
Do you think the CDC's latest opioid prescribing guidelines have helped slow the opioid crisis in the United States? Take this poll to voice your opinion.
The mother of a 28-month-old girl with a history of intrauterine opioid exposure brings the infant in with concerns of a low fever. While examining the patient's records, you realize that the infant...
The results of a recent study revealed a lack of consensus among clinicians regarding responses to marijuana use in patients who have been prescribed opioids. If a pattern of repeated cannabis use was...
In this video, Randall S. Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FRE, clinical practice consultant at RSHudspeth Consulting LLC and executive director at Idaho Center for Nursing in Boise, Idaho, provides...
Lead study author Lana Mucalo, MD, discusses her team’s study examining the prevalence of opioid-related mortality in patients with sickle cell disease from 2013 to 2019. She presented her research at the...
In this podcast, Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, leads a discussion with Charlene Gamaldo, MD, and Sharon Park, PharmD, about the obstacles the opioid crisis has presented in the treatment of restless legs...
