The Addiction Files: An Addiction Medicine Podcast
Darlene Petersen, MD and Paula Donnelly Cook, MD are board certified addiction medicine and family medicine physicians providing evidence based education, clinical pearls and resources to physicians, residents and students while striving to destigmatize the treatment of addiction in our medical culture and save lives. Tune in to learn about the latest treatments for all things addiction. Join us as we conduct expert interviews, review clinical pearls and best practices and discuss the latest updates in addiction medicine. No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Episodes
Management of Alcohol Withdrawal with Darlene Petersen, MD and Paula Cook, MD. Recognizing alcohol withdrawal, identifying risk factors for severe withdrawal. In this episode we discuss who is appropriate for outpatient management and who is not. Initial evaluation including laboratory tests. Medications for inpatient and outpatient management of alcohol withdrawal and common pitfalls to avoid.
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Medications for Alcohol Use Disorders by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen. Just stop drinking is not a discharge plan. Medication management for long term treatment of alcohol use disorder.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Managing Opioid Use Disorders in the Middle of a Pandemic "Time to Address the Big Purple Gorilla in the Room" by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen. Pearls for televisits, monitoring unique to opioid use disorders.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"The Other Pandemic" by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen. First in our four part series. Opioid Use disorder, how to diagnosis it, how to talk to your patients about it, how you do you begin an initial outpatient intake for Opioid Use Disorder.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"Buprenorphine/Naloxone Induction" by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen. A primer on outpatient and inpatient induction onto buprenorphine/naloxone.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"Monitoring Opioid Use Disorder" by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen. Maintenance, preventing diversion, and coping with difficult behaviors. Best practices and clinical pearls.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"To Taper or Not To Taper" Tapering Buprenorphine/Naloxone by Dr. Darlene Petersen and Dr. Paula Cook.
Tune in for a great discussion on when, how and if you should taper a patient off their maintenance dose of buprenorphine/naloxone.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"We Need to Talk About Meth" Diagnosis and Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen.
Recognize it, address it and treatment options for emergency and outpatient settings.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Recognize and treat benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal. Tune in to learn the mechanism of action, withdrawal symptoms and treatment options.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen discuss use and abuse of Kratom. Tune in for a fascinating discussion about it's origin, effects, and regulations.
No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
This is first in our series of journal article reviews on addiction topics. We discuss the results of this large Cochrane review by Kelly et al.
"Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Facilitation Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Distillation of a 2020 Cochrane Review for Clinicians and Policy Makers"
Learn the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, basic principles and the science supporting use of Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-step f...
Dr. Elizabeth Howell, Addiction Psychiatrist, from the University of Utah. Joins us to discuss the phytobiology of cannabis, epidemiology of cannabis use, effects of cannabis in the brain, benefits and risks of use. Part 1 of 2 episodes on Cannabis.
No explicit language, but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Dr. Elizabeth Howell returns for another insightful discussion on recognizing cannabis withdrawal, cannabis use disorder, and treatment options. Hosted by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen.
No explicit language, but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
Naltrexone and Bupropion for Meth Use Disorder journal article review. Join us as we discuss "Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder" by Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D. et al from the January 2021 NEJM. Hosted by Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen.
No explicit language, but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
"Nicotine" No smoke screens here, just the facts. Why we need to help our patients with addiction quit smoking and best practices on how to quit hosted by Dr. Darlene Petersen and Dr. Paula Cook.
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No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all l...
Meet your patients where they are but don't leave them there. Time to start the conversation on how do we apply harm reduction strategies in addiction medicine. This episode discusses syringe exchange programs, naloxone, safe injection sites and more.
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No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of ...
Join us as Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen interview Dr. Marcela Smid on management of substance use disorders during pregnancy. We dispel many of the common myths surrounding treatment of SUD (Substance Use Disorder) during pregnancy, review the current evidence informed treatments of SUD during pregnancy and pospartum care of women with SUD.
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Season 2 is here and we are back with a fantastic episode about a re-emerging and serious epidemic. Dr. Paula Cook and Dr. Darlene Petersen discuss the history of crack/cocaine and emergence of bath salts, neurobiology of cocaine and treatment options and more.
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No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and tr...
Our patients who suffer from addiction disorders can have unique medical challenges. Join us for a fascinating discussion on recognizing and treating co-occurring medical disorders, preventing disease and reducing risks of substance use.
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No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and ille...
Join us for an in depth discussion of "Club Drugs." We discuss history, epidemiology, abuse and treatment of LSD, Ketamine, Ectasy/Molly, Rohypnol, and GHB.
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No explicit language but this podcast discusses the abuse and treatment of legal and illegal drugs and may not be appropriate for all listeners.
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