This series delivers quick, practical education for busy clinicians on safer opioid prescribing and pain management. Each episode features a real-world case, a clear clinical goal, and actionable strategies to improve patient care. Topics range from opioid rotation and buprenorphine initiation to procedural pain control and emerging concepts like nociplastic pain. Designed for flexibility, these microlearnings are available in video, audio, and written formats to fit your schedule.
Module 20: Addressing Cannabis and Chronic Pain Patients
This week's case is about a patient, Rick, a 36-year-old male with chronic back and neck pain. He works as a computer programmer, logging long hours in his office chair, which doubles as his gaming chair. He says that if he twists his neck or back the wrong direction, he experiences severe pains across his entire low back and up into his neck. He manages his pain with hydrocodone/apap, 4 tablets a day, along with daily cannabis use, which he says is helpful for pain, anxiety, and sleep. Lately his pain has been worse and he’s increased his dose to 6 tablets/day, so has now run out early and is requesting a refill.
23 Mar 2026
Module 19: The Placebo Effect
This week's case is about a patient, Mary a 50 year old who presents with long standing knee pain for Xray proven moderate osteoarthritis. Mary is interested in trialing a steroid knee injection for her osteoarthritis and has trialed other interventions including OTC medications and lidocaine patches without significant relief. As her clinician you believe that prior to trialing knee injections, physical therapy, lifestyle changes and diclofenac cream may be important to trial, given her young age and potential harms.
16 Mar 2026
Module 18: Identifying Patients at Risk for Opioid Misuse or OUD
This week's case is about a patient, Danielle, a 54-year-old female, with chronic lumbar radiculopathy taking long-term morphine. Her pain is manageable, but she occasionally requests early refills and denies non-medical drug use. Her urine drug screen is consistent with prescribed opioids only.
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