Pain Pod

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One of the most common definitions of pain describes pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” W... more

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The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.

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October 29, 2025 NSAIDs: Everything and Then Some | Pain Pod
NSAIDs are everywhere, prescription, OTC, topical, oral, injectable, you name it!

In an era of Opioidphobia, are they really a panacea? Heck no, all medications come with baggage.

We could spend hours talking about NSAIDs, and not even get to the elephant in the room: Which NSAID for Which Patient? So we’ll go there in this succinct, yet comprehensive rapid review of all things NSAIDs on the Pain Pod!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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38min
August 27, 2025 Opioidology Part 2: Opioid Selection | Pain Pod
Welcome (back) to the Opioidology podcast series! Next up to bat, ‘Opioid Selection”.

What’s YOUR “Go To Opioid”??? No really, pick a given patient scenario, as respectively there’s many, and what is your “Go To Opioid” when a prescription opioid is warranted??? Pain Guy posed this question on LinkedIn over a year ago, and society failed (as in succumbed to the Opioidphobia culture). So join us in this episode to take a methodical journey distinguishing prescription opioids to once and for (almost) all, be able to have our ducks in a row for opioid selection.

Listen in to this Pain Pod episode for an unbiased, in your face, here’s how it is approach to explaining opioid selection (beyond the “To Opioid or Not to Opioid” debate).

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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31min
July 23, 2025 Opioidology Part 1: Our Opioid Story | Pain Pod
Welcome to the Opioidology podcast series! First up to bat, ‘Our Opioid Story”.

You’ve heard, seen, and most likely experienced many facets of the Opioid Crisis. The doom, the gloom, and perhaps a pinch of hope. The kidney punches to us healthcare professionals continue, while tightening the constraints on our patients in pain and in recovery like never before, all while more and more heartbeats are continually lost. But how did we really get here?

Listen in to this Pain Pod episode for an unbiased, in your face, here’s how it is approach to explaining the timeline of the opioid crisis, our opioid story.

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Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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35min
May 07, 2025 PhARM-OUD Guidelines: Buprenorphine & Community Pharmacies| Pain Pod
On this episode of the Pain Pod, we discuss the details of the PhARM OUD Guidelines with our special guest Dr. Tyler Varisco. We’re ready to dive into buprenorphine in community pharmacies, so buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

PhARM OUD Guidelines
• https://forefdn.org/grantee-spotlight-engaging-community-pharmacists-in-improving-treatment-outcomes-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder/

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
• PhARM OUD Guideline Link on Pain Guy Website: https://painguy.us/resources
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37min
March 11, 2025 Sports Pharmacy: Play Ball! | Pain Pod
This episode of the Pain Pod takes a moment to sit down with THE Pharmacist Athlete, Dr. Brandon Welch!

What is sports pharmacy? Patient athletes? Where does a pharmacist fit into sports teams? All of this and much, much more. Perhaps even a little inspiration to figure out your dreams and live them out!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us

Pharmacy Athlete
• https://pharmacyathlete.com/
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41min
February 17, 2025 Journavx: A Quick Journey into the Novel Non-Opioid Pain Med | Pain Pod
Extra Extra, Read all about it! Actually, it’s a podcast, Listen all about it!

New Pain Med! New Pain Med! New Non-Opioid Pain Med!

Suzetrigine (Journavx) is now FDA Approved for Moderate to Severe Acute Pain in Adults, but what fun facts come along with it?????

We turn to the Simpsons, Brugada, and enjoy some club seats while succinctly reviewing everything there is to know about this new non-opioid pain medication on the Pain Pod!

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Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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15min
January 29, 2025 Pain Pearls: Part 1 | Pain Pod
Clinical Pearls, Pain Pod edition: Pain Pearls Part 1 (of many)!

A cornucopia of pain conundrums and potential solutions and/or tools to help mitigate. All here, nicely packaged, randomly, in one episode of the Pain Pod! One of many more to come, in a miniseries titled: “Pain Pearls”, only here on the Pain Pod!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

P.S. Want to contribute or hear about a pain pearl of your own? Message Pain Guy on www.painguy.us to directly reach Mark and have your voice heard!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us

DVPRS (Pain Scale)
• https://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/docs/DVPRS_2slides_and_references.pdf

Opioid Risk Screenings
• www.opioidrisk.com

2022 CDC Opioid Guideline Update
• Dowell D, Ragan KR, Jones CM, Baldwin GT, Chou R. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022. MMWR Recomm Rep 2022;71(No. RR-3):1–95.

Buprenorphine Induction Resources
• Kampman K and Jarvis M. American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use. J Addict Med. Sep-Oct 2015;9(5):358-67.
• Ahmed, S. Bhivandkar S, et. al. Microinduction of Buprenorphine/Naloxone: A Review of the Literature. The American Journal on Addictions, 30: 305–315, 2021.
• Privia A. Randhawa, Rupinder Brar and Seonaid Nolan. Buprenorphine–naloxone “microdosing”: an alternative induction approach for the treatment of opioid use disorder in the wake of North America’s increasingly potent illicit drug market CMAJ January 20, 2020 192 (3) E73.

MOUD Minimum Durations Study
• Michael L. Dennis, Mark A. Foss, and Christy K. Scott. An Eight-Year Perspective on the Relationship Between the Duration of Abstinence and Other Aspects of Recovery. Evaluation Review 2007 31:6, 585-612
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41min
December 04, 2024 Thug Drugs: GABA, GABA, GABA | Pain Pod
GABBA, GABBA, GABBA!!! It’s time to enter the matrix with Pain Guy, the matric of the neural synaptic cleft, that’s where it’s at for this episode of the Pain Pod folks! We’ll chat through all types of gabapentinoids including roofies, benzos, and of course gabapentin amongst others. So get out of your seat and jump around before the Gabba receptor sits you down!

You’re not going to want to miss this one!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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32min
October 14, 2024 Guess Who’s Back! Back Again! Topical Pain Medications Part 2: An Rx Encore! | PainPod
Topical medications are utilized around the globe at appreciatively higher rates than in our country, so what’s the barriers?

“Knowledge” is a great place to start, so join us on this episode of the Pain Pod to go deeper (pun completely intended) into topical pain medications, and in this sequel episode we’ll build upon the OTC topical pain medications discussed in the last episode by diving into the Rx’s!

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Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
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30min
August 28, 2024 Oh Yeah! Topical Pain Medications! | Pain Pod
Topical medications are utilized around the globe at appreciatively higher rates than in our country, so what’s the barriers?

“Knowledge” is a great place to start, so join us on this episode of the Pain Pod to go deeper (pun completely intended) into topical pain medications!

Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

Pain Guy
• www.painguy.us
...more
28min

FAQs about Pain Pod:

How many episodes does Pain Pod have?

The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.