SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

Dr. Daniel Alford, MD, MPH

Helpful discussions of challenges commonly faced by health care clinicians when prescribing opioids. Hosted by Dr. Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education program (SCOPE of Pain) at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

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Ep #007: Your Staff is Treating Me Like a Drug Addict

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

06/29/18 • 2 min

Your long-term patient who is stable on chronic low-dose opioids for chronic pain complains he feels the front desk and lab staff treat him like a heroin addict. How do you address this patient's concerns?

Ep #004: The Unexpected Urine Test – Negative for the Prescribed Opioid

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

05/18/18 • 2 min

Your patient, who has been stable on chronic, low-dose opioids for chronic pain for the past three years with excellent pain and functional improvements, has an unexpected urine drug test, which is negative for the prescribed opioid. How will you assess this finding, and what changes will you make in his treatment plan?

Ep #002: You Treat Me Like a Drug Addict

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

04/23/18 • 2 min

When discussing the need for routine urine drug testing with your patient who is on chronic opioids for chronic back pain, she becomes visibly upset and asks, "Why are you treating me like a drug addict?" How will you respond?

Ep #019: How Do I Treat Pain in a Patient With Opioid Addiction?

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

03/03/20 • 2 min

Your surgical colleague asks if your patient who is taking buprenorphine for his opioid use disorder should stop before hip replacement surgery and requests your guidance on how to manage postoperative pain in this patient. What will you recommend?

Ep #009: I Will Report Your for Patient Abandonment

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

08/24/18 • 3 min

When discussing tapering a patient's opioids due to lack of benefit and apparent harm, she continues to request a higher opioid dose. She states her pain is so severe she's unable to get out of bed most days. She angrily says if you don't increase her dose, she's going to report you to the board of medicine for abandoning her. How will you respond to this patient's response to your plans for an opioid taper?

Ep #008: The New Patient on High-Dose Opioids

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

08/10/18 • 3 min

A new patient has been treated with high-dose opioids, extended-release morphine, (100 mg twice per day) for chronic back pain after multiple failed surgeries. His previous primary care physician recently retired and gave him enough opioid until his visit with you today. He's requesting an opioid prescription at today's visit. How will you respond?

Ep #001: My Pain is a "20" on a 10-point Scale

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

04/04/18 • 2 min

When assessing a new patient's chronic pain from bilateral knee osteoarthritis, he states his pain is a 20 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Why is this patient reporting pain above the 10-point scale? And how will you respond?

Introduction: Welcome to "SCOPE of Pain"

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

04/04/18 • 2 min

Dr. Daniel Alford – Professor of Medicine and course director for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine's SCOPE of Pain safer opioid prescribing program – shares more than 20 years' experience as a general internist along with his personal understanding of the complexities, communication challenges, risks, and benefits of prescribing opioids for patients with chronic pain in this exclusive series.

Ep #018: I Don't Want Addicted Patients in Our Practice

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

03/03/20 • 2 min

How do you educate your medical director about the importance and benefits of offering medications, such as buprenorphine for the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder?

Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

03/03/20 • 2 min

Your medical director states all patients on chronic opioid therapy should be tapered, as there's no evidence opioids are effective for chronic pain. What is the actual efficacy of opioids for chronic pain?

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How many episodes does SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education have?

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education currently has 20 episodes available.

What topics does SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education cover?

The podcast is about Addiction, Doctor, Health & Fitness, Pain, Medicine, Podcasts, Science and Drugs.

What is the most popular episode on SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education?

The episode title 'Ep #012: The Anonymous Call – Your Patient Is Selling His Opioids' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education?

The average episode length on SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education is 3 minutes.

How often are episodes of SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education released?

Episodes of SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education?

The first episode of SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education was released on Apr 4, 2018.

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SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

Dr. Daniel Alford, MD, MPH

Top 10 SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education Episodes

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What is the average episode length on SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education?

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