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 online DBT for chronic pain, national trends in overdose deaths, the effects of exercise on brain activation in osteoarthritis, and more! Online Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Emotion Dysregulation in People With Chronic Pain A Randomized Clinical Trial Published in JAM...

Episode 73   In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing  the link between pain catastrophizing and metabolic syndrome, changes in synthetic opioid-involved youth overdoses, the effect of aerobic  exericse  on pain ,  and more!   Receipt of addiction treatment after nonfatal opioid overdose and risk of subsequent ove...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing oral vs injectable naltrexone, brain function outcomes in long term heavy cannabis use, and more!  Oral vs Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for Hospitalized Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, April 2025...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the link between dietary fiber intake and osteoarthritis, buprenorphine induction in pharmacies, and more!  Trajectories of mHealth-Tracked Mental Health and Their Predictors in Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Disorders , Published in the Journal of Pain Research, November 2024 T...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing mindfulness vs CBT, the impact of home exercise training for low back pain, and more!  Mindfulness vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Treated With Opioids A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA Network Open, April 2025 Therapeutic effects of t...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the new joint clinical practice guideline on benzodiazepine tapering, myofascial pain syndrome, dietary modification and supplement use for endometriosis, and more!  The Joint Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering: Considerations When Benzodiazepine Risks Ou...

In this episode, Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing acute pain management in patients with OUD, trends in buprenorphine prescribing for chronic pain, the association between fiber intake and osteoarthritis, and more!  Acute Pain Management in People With Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review , Published in the Annals of I...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing non-pharmacologic interventions for pain, expansion of treatment for AUD in primary care, prescribing of buprenorphine by pharmacists, and more!  Expanding Alcohol Use Disorder Medications in Primary Care , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, March 2025 Nonfatal pediatric f...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the analgesic benefits of nature exposure, fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers, and more!  Buprenorphine, Pain, and Opioid Use in Patients Taking High-Dose Long-Term Opioids: A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, February 2025 Prevalence o...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the new NIH HEAL MME Calculator, the recent consensus statement on pain management for pregnant individuals with OUD, and more!  Standardizing research methods for opioid dose comparison: the NIH HEAL morphine milligram equivalent calculator , Published in PAIN, February 202...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing depression and physical multimorbidity, pharmacy harm reduction practices, new persistent opioid use after surgery, and more!  Racial and Ethnic Inequities in the Receipt of Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant People: A Meta-analysis , Published in the Jo...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing physician empathy and the impact on pain perception, esketamine for prevention of postpartum depression, and more!  Mindfulness Training vs Recovery Support for Opioid Use, Craving, and Anxiety During Buprenorphine Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA N...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing risks of opioid tapering, a novel artery procedure for knee arthritis, and more!  Association of opioid tapering with pain-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and primary care visits: a retrospective cohort study , Published in Pain Medicine, November 2024...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing Journavx (suzetrigine), recommendations for vitamin D and calcium supplementation, perioperative use of tapentadol, and more!  FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Treatment for Moderate to Severe Acute Pain , Published as an FDA News Release, January 2025 Vitamin D, Calcium, or Co...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men, long-term effects of muscle relaxants, and more!  Chronic Pain and High-impact Chronic Pain in U.S. Adults, 2023 , Published by the National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, Number 518, November 2024 Examining social attention as...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the effects of long-term kratom use, hand osteoarthritis, insomnia in older adults, and more!  The Unregulated Opioid: Neurologic and Electrolyte Imbalance From Long-Term Kratom Use , Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine- Clinical Cases, January 2025 Course of hand p...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the link between Vitamin D levels and migraines, methotrexate for knee osteoarthritis, and more!  Trends in Private Equity Acquisition of Pain Management Practices , Published in JAMA, December 2024 Association between serum vitamin D and severe headache or migraine: A popul...

In this episode, Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing persistent pain and long-term opioids, safer opioid supply programs, suicide risk in patients prescribed opioid agonist therapy, and more!  Suicide in people prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2011–2020: A national retrospective cohort study , P...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing opioids and dementia risk, bending the overdose curve, extended release naltrexone, and more!  Opioids and Dementia in the Danish Population , Published in JAMA Network Open, November 2024 Bending the Overdose Curve — Still Not Enough | New England Journal of Medicine , publ...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing pain neuroscience education, CBT for insomnia in chronic spinal pain patients, and more!  Masked Taper With Behavioral Intervention for Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists: A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA, October 2024 Screened Out — How a Sur...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing TENS for knee osteoarthritis, buprenorphine continuation in the peri-operative period, combination therapy for neuropathic pain, and more!  The association between glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and/or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist prescriptions and...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing Nav1.7 for osteoarthritis, resistance exercise for fibromyalgia, virtual yoga for chronic low back pain , and more!  Buprenorphine/Naloxone vs Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder , Published in JAMA, October 2024 Nav1.7 as a chondrocyte regulator and therapeu...

In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing buprenorphine associated precipitated withdrawal, open label placebo injections, the potential use of GLP-1 RA's in SUD, and more!  Open-Label Placebo Injection for Chronic Back Pain With Functional Neuroimaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial , Published in JAMA Network Open,...

 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing pregabalin versus gabapentin in lumbar radiculopathy, outcomes of placebo treatment in psychiatric disorders, illicit fentanyl during the prenatal period, and more!  Comparing the effectiveness of pregabalin and gabapentin in patients with lumbar radiculopathy: A systemati...

In this episode, Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing extended-release injectable buprenorphine versus sublingual, mortality association with benzodiazepine and opioid agonist co-prescribing, and more!  Buprenorphine Prescribing Characteristics Following Relaxation of X-Waiver Training Requirements , Published in JAMA, July 2...