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Episode 9: Opioid Tapering Tips: Tapering Fentanyl & Oxycodone

Episode 9: Opioid Tapering Tips: Tapering Fentanyl & Oxycodone

FromCompass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases


Episode 9: Opioid Tapering Tips: Tapering Fentanyl & Oxycodone

FromCompass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Dr. Stader and Anne discuss how her taper is going and they agree on some adjustments. Following their encounter, Don and Rachael take a deeper dive into the specific mechanics of tapering fentanyl and Oxycodone. Show Notes: Opioid + Benzodiazepine Tapering How-To Guide Fentanyl 50 mcg TD Taper Example The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program.
Released:
Apr 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (31)

The Compass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases podcast aims to provide clinicians with practical skills for managing patients on chronic opioid therapy. This 11 part podcast series introduces a framework to approaching clinical encounters with legacy patients on long term opioid therapy. Episodes highlight clinical patient scenarios through roleplaying and are followed by a discussion of the science, structure and pertinent clinical skills by Board Certified Addiction Medicine physician Dr. Donald Stader and clinical pharmacist Dr. Rachael Duncan. Episodes address initial encounters, building therapeutic alliance, reframing pain understanding, managing risk, tapering opioids, implementing common sense harm reduction, and integrating multimodal pain management alternatives to opioids into your practice among many other topics.