Addiction Medicine Podcast
The Addiction Medicine Podcast is designed for healthcare professionals and others interested in addiction medicine and will feature thoughtful conversations and insights from clinicians, patients and families, policymakers and other stakeholders.
Episodes
20 episodes
S4 E3 Transforming Addiction Care: Dr. Corey Waller on Five Years of Progress and Future Challenges
Dr. Corey Waller, a nationally recognized expert in substance use disorder, explores the rapid evolution of SUD treatment over the past five years. He delves into the improved understanding of care delivery, the development of evidence-bas...
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23:50
S4 E2: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Part 2
In Part 2 of our podcast episode on Sexually Transmitted Infections, we dive deeper into STI screening, prevention, and treatment with experts Dr. Shannon Dowler and Dr. Amy Marietta. 👀 Want to know:The must-know screening guid...
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28:02
S4 E1: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Part 1
Season 4 of the Addiction Medicine Podcast kicks off with a 2-part episode on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). In Part 1, we dive into how the term ‘infection’ can reduce stigma, encourage testing, and emphasize the importance of regular ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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28:55
S3 E6: Cannabis Update + New Drugs on the Radar
In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Kuhn gives an update on cannabis in North Carolina and talks about 'New Drugs on the Radar' at the 2023 Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, NC.Dr. Kuhn is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology an...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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38:42
S3 E5: Evolution of Fentanyl: Understanding the Relevance of Xylazine
This presentation, 'Evolution of Fentanyl: Understanding the Relevance of Xylazine' was given at the 2023 Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, North Carolina by Robyn Jordan, MD, PhD and Zoe McElligott, PhD.Dr. Jordan is a Board-Cert...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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22:12
S3 E4: Emerging Trends in Overdose Mortality Against the Backdrop of Growing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Co-Use: Implications for Public Health
Episode 4 is a presentation from the 2023 Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, North Carolina from Dr. Jon Zibbell, a senior scientist in the Center for Behavioral Health Epidemiology, Implementation & Evaluation Research at RTI Inte...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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52:52
S3 E3: Understanding Buprenorphine: Q&A with a Physician and a Pharmacist
In this episode of our 3-part series on recent changes to the rules around who can prescribe buprenorphine, we get answers to questions that providers and pharmacists may have about these changes.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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34:39
S3 E2: The Pharmacist & Buprenorphine
Now that all practitioners who have a current DEA registration that includes Schedule III authority can prescribe buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder, pharmacies may now see an increase in the number of prescriptions for the life-saving medic...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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16:01
S3 E1: Let's Talk About Buprenorphine with a Physician
We're kicking off Season 3 of the Addiction Medicine Podcast with a hot topic - buprenorphine. Over the last year, there have been important changes in requirements related to prescribing buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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23:34
S2 Bonus Content: Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Q&A
In this bonus content, you’ll hear eight common questions women ask, or want to ask their prenatal care providers. Judith Johnson-Hostler, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Perinatal Substance Use Specialist, and Melissa Godwin, a Li...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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12:29
S2 Episode 5: Can You See Us? Providing Equity-Minded Treatment for Racialized Minorities
Despite available treatment options for addiction, there remains a severe treatment gap - particularly for underserved populations of color who have not received treatment for substance use disorders at the same rate as whites, while also suffe...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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52:31
S2 Episode 4: Interesting Cases in Addiction Medicine
The 4th episode of Season 2 looks at some unusual and interesting cases in addiction medicine.Dr. Edwin Salsitz, an attending physician in the Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Division of Addiction Medicine in New York City since 1983, gave thi...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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48:23
S2 Episode 3: Lessons from Our Prescription Opioid Story
Episode 3 addresses some of the unintended consequences of the 2016 CDC Opioid Guidelines which were widely misinterpreted and implemented.After the guidelines were published, Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a Professor of Medicine at the Universit...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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46:13
S2 Episode 2: Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health Concerns for People with Substance Use Disorders
Episode 2 is a presentation from the 2022 Addiction Medicine Conference about sexual and reproductive health concerns for people with Substance Use Disorders with Dr. Lawrence Greenblatt and Melinda Ramage. For more information on ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:33
S2 Episode 1: Psilocybin in the Treatment of Mental Health
Over the past 13 years, the Governor’s Institute’s Addiction Medicine Conference in Asheville, North Carolina has become the region’s premiere conference for substance use disorder related education.In this first episode of season two, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:19
S1 Episode 5: Explicit and Implicit Bias in Healthcare (from Addiction Medicine Essentials 2020)
This bonus content is from a presentation that Victor gave at the Governor's Institute's Addiction Medicine Essentials Conference in November 2020.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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S1 Episode 4: Implicit Bias & 'The Encounter'
In Episode 4, Victor discusses why behavioral health is distinctly vulnerable to implicit bias. As he puts it, "treatment models were built on bias." Victor offers a personal story (featured at length in a recent Ted Talk) that challenges liste...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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S1 Episode 3: Possible Solutions & Real Suggestions
Episode 3 features Victor's take on lessons learned as a result of the pandemic. As he puts it, "Just because you have a good idea doesn’t mean it is perceived that way." Victor discusses ways to foster community partnerships, build relationshi...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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S1 Episode 2: Lived Experience Matters
Episode 2 features Victor's take on equity, as it's learned, seen and socialized. He discusses his own childhood as the son of a North Carolina pastor and the challenges of growing up in a faith-based community in rural NC. Victor closes this t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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7:22
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S1 Episode 1: Equity Explained, Systemic Racism and Suicide
In Season 1 of the Addiction Medicine Podcast, Victor Armstrong, Chief Health Equity Officer at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, discusses equity as it relates to substance use disorder and mental health.In Epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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