<p>In this episode, Dr. Stader meets with Cindy, a fibromyalgia patient on longterm opioid therapy, to discuss decreasing her percocet following a DUI. Following the encounter, Dr. Barnett and Dr. Stader discuss the importance of pushing back against the innate urge to tell a patient the solution to their problem as it can lead to resistance. </p>

In this episode, Dr. Stader meets with Cindy, a fibromyalgia patient on longterm opioid therapy, to discuss decreasing her percocet following a DUI. Following the encounter, Dr. Barnett and Dr. Stader discuss the importance of pushing back against the innate urge to tell a patient the solution to their problem as it can lead to resistance.

Episode 4: Fighting the Righting Reflex

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.

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Episode 4: Fighting the Righting Reflex

Episode 4: Fighting the Righting Reflex