#156 Chronic Pain, Opioids, Tapers

Rethink how you’re diagnosing and managing chronic pain with high-yield tips from pain experts and primary care doctors Soraya Azari MD @azarimugs (UCSF), and Phoebe Cushman MD, MS (UMass Memorial). Because let’s face it, managing chronic pain can be very difficult. Expand your toolbox for management-- including the importance of activity, empowering your patient, risk stratification for patients prior to opioid initiation, how to identify opioid use disorder, and how to taper opioids. Plus, updates on recent practice changing articles in chronic pain. Full show notes at https://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at [email protected]. Credits Written and produced by: Nora Taranto MD Hosts: Nora Taranto MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MD Edited by: Emi Okamoto MD, Matthew Watto MD Guests: Soraya Azari MD; Phoebe Cushman MD, MS Sponsor This episodes was recorded LIVE at #SGIM19 in Washington DC! Join the Society for General Internal Medicine today!