In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing non-pharmacologic interventions for pain, expansion of treatment for AUD in primary care, prescribing of buprenorphine by pharmacists, and more!

• Expanding Alcohol Use Disorder Medications in Primary Care, Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, March 2025

• Nonfatal pediatric fentanyl exposures reported to US poison centers, 2015–2023, Published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, November 2024

• An update on non-pharmacological interventions for pain relief, Published in Cell Reports Medicine, February 2025

• Clinical pharmacist practitioners prescribing of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, March 2025

• Law Enforcement Drug Seizures and Opioid-Involved Overdose Mortality, Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the analgesic benefits of nature exposure, fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers, and more!

• Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, February 2025

• Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Among Adults With Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025

• Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing, Published in Nature Communications, March 2025

• Buprenorphine-naloxone versus buprenorphine for opioid use disorder during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, November/December 2022

• Fatal Drug Overdose Risks of Health Care Workers in the United States : A Population-Based Cohort Study, Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, August 2023

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the new NIH HEAL MME Calculator, the recent consensus statement on pain management for pregnant individuals with OUD, and more!

• Standardizing research methods for opioid dose comparison: the NIH HEAL morphine milligram equivalent calculator, Published in PAIN, February 2025

• Occupational and Hobby Exposures Associated With Myositis Phenotypes in a National Myositis Patient Registry, Published in Arthritis Care and Research, November 2024

• Problem Adaptation Therapy for Older Adults with Chronic Pain and Negative Emotions in Primary Care (PATH-Pain): A Randomized Clinical Trial, Published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, January 2025

• Consensus statement on pain management for pregnant patients with opioid use disorder from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Published in Anesthesia and Analgesia, November 2024

• Access to Firearms and Opioids Among Veterans at Risk for Suicide, Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025