Drs. DeVine and Bell will discuss how the risk of suicide can be reduced by treating patients with opioid use disorder with medications for opioid use disorder. They will also discuss the differences in the type of MOUD in relation to suicide risk. To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected] Part of the Ars Longa Media Productions

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Drs. DeVine and Bell discuss how to assess patients for suicide risk. They also discuss the question of whether or not an overdose is intentional or unintentional - what is the "intent?" Finally, does being on opioids impact depression and/or suicidality? To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. DeVine and Bell shift focus to start their series on suicidality. In part 1 they discuss the data of opioids and suicide risk, depression, and suicide risk with opioid prescriptions, as well as the hows and whys of this worsening phenomenon. To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected] Part of the Ars Longa Media Productions

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Drs. Bell and DeVine are back with part 4 of Sugar Addiction. Ok, let’s bring you the science, the true DMS-V diagnostic criteria for an “addiction.” Does sugar fit or not? And why or why not? To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. DeVine and Bell bring up a common yet infrequently discussed topic: the overlap of alcohol and opioids in older adults. This is a topic with high risk and significant complications that isn’t discussed, screened for, or understood. To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. Bell and DeVine return to finish (for now) common pearls in buprenorphine practice. In Part 4 we will discuss co-occurring mental health diagnosis with opioid use disorder and when to treat it.  Also, what about those urine drugs screens?  Which meds cause false positives and which false positives should we be most aware of - especially in a patient on MOUD? To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. Bell and DeVine return to the common pearls in buprenorphine practice.  Part 3 will bring to you the discussion on false negatives UDAS (what substances could patients be on that are not in their urine that you need to be aware of). We spend much of the discussion also discussing inductions in the fentanyl era. How we do it and why! To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. Bell and DeVine are back with part 3 of "Sugar Addiction."  What is it that makes us feel full; what is it that makes us want more; how do these same feeding behaviors - both adaptive and maladaptive - compare to drugs of abuse?  To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. Bell and DeVine are back with part 2 of ‘Sugar Addiction’. We will dive deeper into the evolution of genetics and how this has impacted how and what we eat. By the end, we will tie it back to the pleasure center of the brain, the limbic system, and continue the pathway into the “addiction” debate over sugar. To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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Drs. Bell and DeVine start with part 1 of "sugar addiction." Although not truly classified on the DSM-V, we will spend several podcasts breaking down all aspects of it and how it ‘could’ meet many criteria. This episode focuses on the overview of sugar consumption as well as the evolution of obesity and finishes with the first theory into why many consider sugar to be addictive - the Nutrition Transition Theory. To learn more about the doctors as well as keep up with current happenings follow us on twitter: @echocsct or email us with questions or feedback: [email protected]

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