Compass Opioid Stewardship Coaches Top 5 Podcast

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  benefits of primary care driven MOUD, perioperative recommendations for buprenorphine continuation ,  and more!   Differences in buprenorphine initiation and retention for opioid use disorder between primary care and substance use disorder specialty care settings ,  Publis...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  public views on people with OUD, psychedelic retreats, expanding access to medications for AUD , and more!   Public Views About Opioid Overdose and People With Opioid Use Disorder ,  Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2026   Comparative Effectiveness of Opioid Taperin...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  mindfulness  based  interventions, the role of peer navigators, US overdose deaths, and more!   Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Adolescent Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review ,  Published in Pediatrics, February 2026   Prescribing and depresc...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  spinal manipulation, central sensitization, yoga for opioid withdrawal ,  and more!   Spinal Manipulation and Clinician-Supported Biopsychosocial Self-Management for Acute Back Pain:  The PACBACK Randomized Clinical Trial ,  Published in JAMA, December 2025   Opportunities...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  harms  of chronic marijuana smoking,  levaraging  the  72 hour  rule for methadone ,  and more!   Parental opioid prescriptions and the risk of opioid use in adolescents and young adults: The HUNT Study linked with prescription registry data ,  Published in PLOS Medicine,...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  buprenorphine for pain, harm reduction for benzodiazepine use , and more!   Buprenorphine for the Management of Chronic Pain:  National Guidance Document ,  Published by the VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Services and the National Formulary Committee in Collaboration with...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the potential role of GLP-1 therapies in alcohol and substance use disorders, risk factors associated with long-term opioid prescribing, patient motivation and readiness to taper opioids for chronic pain, national trends in ADHD medication prescribing, and more! GLP-1 Thera...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the relationship between medical cannabis and opioid receipt in chronic pain, clinical challenges in managing risks of continuing versus tapering long-term opioid therapy, the impact of cannabis use on nicotine vaping cessation outcomes, and more! Medical Cannabis and Opioi...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing healthcare enrollees and access outcomes, early high-risk opioid prescribing and persistent use among injured workers, the need for oversight of substance use reduction apps, barriers to universal MOUD availability in U.S. jails, and more! Trends in Methadone Use for Pain a...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing opportunities to reduce medication overuse in urgent care settings, emerging advances in clinical pain management, the role of placebo responses in analgesic trials, evidence for virtual reality as a treatment for chronic low back pain, and more! Antibiotic, Glucocorticoid,...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing trial data on cannabidiol for fibromyalgia, the role of non-opioid psychiatric medications in chronic pain, the complex relationship between low back pain and depression, evidence for intra-articular injections in shoulder arthritis, and more! Cannabidiol versus placebo in...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated analyses of tramadol's effectiveness for chronic pain, advances in non-pharmacological pain interventions, comparative effects of preoperative hypnosis versus mindfulness on postoperative symptoms, and more! Tramadol versus placebo for chronic pain: a systematic rev...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the HRQ Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook, outcomes of hospital addiction consultation services, comparative effectiveness of interventional procedures for chronic spine pain, postoperative cold therapy to reduce pain and opioid use, and more! Medications for Opi...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing approaches that increase MOUD delivery in primary care, comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone, best-supported interventions for chronic low back pain, the role of patient resilience in perioperative outcomes, and more! Increa...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing dementia risk following gabapentin use in chronic low back pain, predictors of outcomes during short-term medically supervised opioid withdrawal, nonpharmacologic pain interventions such as auricular acupressure in older adults, and more! Risk of dementia following gabapent...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated understanding of the harms and uncertain benefits of long-term opioid therapy, the effectiveness of brief patient-facing education tools for low back pain in primary care, and more! Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Pain What Is Known About Harms—and Still Not Known Abou...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing how physical activity influences the relationship between weight and pain-related disability, the impact of CYP2D6 phenotypes on emergency department visits among patients treated with opioids, updated evidence on tramadol's benefits and harms, and more! Physical activity m...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing long-term outcomes of non-surgical treatments for chronic low back pain, cognition- and stress-targeted therapies for chronic whiplash, how challenging clinical encounters may influence pain outcomes, and more! Long-term effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for chron...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing telehealth and online CBT-based therapies for high-impact chronic pain, the pain benefits of sleep-focused interventions in fibromyalgia, pharmacy barriers to buprenorphine access in telemedicine-based addiction care, and more! Telehealth and Online Cognitive Behavioral The...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing patterns of usual low back pain management in U.S. emergency departments, quality improvement approaches to safer postoperative opioid use, updated clinical guidelines for treating substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults, and more! Usual Care for Low Back Pa...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing highlights from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, opioid-free postoperative analgesia strategies, evidence for a prescribed digital health app reducing migraine days, low-threshold injectable buprenorphine initiation protocols, and more! Highlights for the 20...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing public awareness and beliefs about naloxone, benzodiazepine use and adverse outcomes among patients on long-term opioid therapy, the relationship between pain and cannabis initiation in emerging adults, racial and ethnic differences in access to OUD treatment after emergenc...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing risks of benzodiazepines and other sedative-hypnotics, overdose risk from overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, non-procedural treatments for peripheral neuropathic pain, NSAIDs as effective alternatives to opioids for postoperative pain, and rising emergency...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated guidance on long-term opioid therapy for nonterminal pain, patterns of high-risk outpatient opioid prescribing, evidence for open-label placebo effects in chronic musculoskeletal pain, links between addictive screen use and youth mental health and suicidality, and m...

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing new evidence on cytisinicline for smoking cessation, links between sedentary behavior and brain health in older adults, factors affecting exercise adherence in chronic low back pain, national trends in postoperative opioid prescribing and persistent use, and, and more! Cyti...