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Guess Who’s Back! Back Again! Topical Pain Medications Part 2: An Rx Encore! | PainPod

Topical medications are utilized around the globe at appreciatively higher rates than in our country, so what’s the barriers? “Knowledge” is a great place to start, so join us on this episode of the Pain Pod to go deeper (pun completely intended) into topical pain medications, and in this sequel episode we’ll build upon the OTC topical pain medications discussed in the last episode by diving into the Rx’s!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.us

Oh Yeah! Topical Pain Medications! | Pain Pod

Topical medications are utilized around the globe at appreciatively higher rates than in our country, so what’s the barriers? “Knowledge” is a great place to start, so join us on this episode of the Pain Pod to go deeper (pun completely intended) into topical pain medications!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.us

Flags, Fires, & Airports: A Chat with Ron Chapman, Legal Expert | Pain Pod

Is every red flag Red a fire or smoke? Controlled substance red flags alert a clinician to needed further conversation, but is every red flag (smoke) investigated for the fire? This episode of the Pain Pod continues the conversation on controlled substance red flags, corresponding legal responsibility, and the opioid crisis, yet with the expertise of a very well-known legal expert, Ron Chapman.You’re not going to want to miss this chat!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.usPain Guy’s Practical Pain Management “Controlled Substance Concerns” Article• Garofoli MP, “Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances: When to Pump the Brakes”. Practical Pain Management. 2022; 22(6).• https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/issue202206/prescribing-and-dispensing-controlled-substances-when-to-pump-the-brakes Drug Topics Chain Pharmacies Red Flags Article• https://www.drugtopics.com/view/national-pharmacy-chain-opioid-settlements-poised-to-affect-independent-pharmacies Chapman Law Group https://www.chapmanlawgroup.com/

Trauma, Pain, & Addiction | Pain Pod

Remember Pain Guy’s TEDx talk “Mise en Scene: Pain, Addiction, and YOU”? It was all about the cinematic experience, right? Well on this episode of the Pain Pod, we welcome Helen Sairany, an author and pharmacist known all across our globe (yes, internationally!) for her countless efforts to educate and help folks improve and save lives in respect to trauma. Helen digs into the roots of pain, addiction, trauma, and childhood experiences like no other!Pain Guy knows many people that just couldn’t put her books down. So now it’s time to hear directly from her on the Pain Pod!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

National Opioid Settlement: Beyond the $45 BILLION | Pain Pod

FORTY-FIVE BILLION DOLLARS (approximately of course) and an appreciable number of concrete efforts and responsibilities, that’s the National Opioid Settlement!On this episode of the Pain Pod, we discuss the details of the National Opioid Settlement in respect to financials, controlled substance programs, and specifically the “red flags” stated within. We’re American (although, there are Pain Pod international listeners!), and this affects literally everyone in our communities, families, friends, and professions, so let’s take a moment to review the in’s and out’s of the $45B and much, much more.Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!National Opioid Settlement• www.nationalopioidsettlement.comPain Guy• www.painguy.us• National Opioid Settlement Link on Pain Guy Website: https://painguy.us/resources Pain Guy’s Practical Pain Management “Controlled Substance Concerns” Article• Garofoli MP, “Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances: When to Pump the Brakes”. Practical Pain Management. 2022; 22(6).• https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/issue202206/prescribing-and-dispensing-controlled-substances-when-to-pump-the-brakes 

Cannabis & Chronic Pain: A Chat with Dr. Ken Finn | Pain Pod

On the last episode of the Pain Pod, we succinctly reviewed all things Cannabis and Cannabinoids including the history, botany, regulations, pharmacology, and clinical utilizations of Cannabis, THC, and CBD. Now it’s time to go one giant leap forward in the realm of pain management, with THE international expert Dr. Kenneth Finn!You’re not going to want to miss this one!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.usCannabis in Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach (2020)• https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-45968-02021 International Association for the Study of Pain Task Force• https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/2021/07001/international_association_for_the_study_of_pain.1.aspxCBD for Pain: Ineffective, Expensive, and with Potential Harms (Journal of Pain, October 2023)• https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(23)00582-5/fulltext 
 

Thug Drugs: Cannabis | Pain Pod

Let’s clear the smoke on Cannabis, all things Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Time for a higher education! On this episode of the Pain Pod, Mark “Pain Guy” Garofoli will cover the history, botancy, regulations, pharmacology, and clinical utilizations of Cannabis, THC, and CBD. You’re not going to want to miss this one!Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.usCannabis History• Russo EB. History of cannabis and its preparations in saga, science, and sobriquet. Chem Biodivers. 2007 Aug;4(8):1614-48.Cannabis Taxes• https://learnaboutsam.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/15Jan2019-v3-Revenues-vs-Reality-1.pdf Consumer Reports Shopping for CBD Recommendations• https://www.consumerreports.org/cbd/cannabis-and-cbd-guide/www.consumerreports.org/marijuana/hot-to-shop-for-cbd/ 2020 AHA Cannabis/Cannabinoid Clinical Utilization Review• Robert L. Page. Circulation. Medical Marijuana, Recreational Cannabis, and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, Volume: 142, Issue: 10, Pages: e131-e152Mark "Pain Guy" Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS
 

DEA Red Flags: Part 2, A Chat on Ruan vs U.S. | Pain Pod

Red Light, Green Light, GO! On this follow-up episode of the Pain Pod, we discuss the infamous DEA Red Flags with Dr. Jay K Joshi, a doctor who has been in front of our U.S. Supreme Court to discuss this genre.
 
You’re not going to want to miss this chat!
 
Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!
 
Pain Guy
painguy.us
 
Pain Guy’s Practical Pain Management “Controlled Substance Concerns” Article
Garofoli MP, “Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances: When to Pump the Brakes”. Practical Pain Management. 2022; 22(6).
https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/issue202206/prescribing-and-dispensing-controlled-substances-when-to-pump-the-brakes
 
Drug Topics Chain Pharmacies Red Flags Article
https://www.drugtopics.com/view/national-pharmacy-chain-opioid-settlements-poised-to-affect-independent-pharmacies
 
Daily Remedy (Dr. Jay K Joshi)
https://www.daily-remedy.com/author/admin/
 
Ruan vs United States
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1410_1an2.pdf
 

DEA Red Flags: Part 1 | Pain Pod

Mark "Pain Guy" Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTSRed Light, Green Light, GO! On this episode of the Pain Pod, we discuss the infamous DEA Red Flags, their respective color, where to find them documented, and the multitude of other general controlled substance concerns.We all have our stories, so this episode is right up everyone’s alley.Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!Pain Guy• www.painguy.usPain Guy’s Practical Pain Management “Controlled Substance Concerns” Article• Garofoli MP, “Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances: When to Pump the Brakes”. Practical Pain Management. 2022; 22(6).• https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/issue202206/prescribing-and-dispensing-controlled-substances-when-to-pump-the-brakesDrug Topics Chain Pharmacies Red Flags Article• https://www.drugtopics.com/view/national-pharmacy-chain-opioid-settlements-poised-to-affect-independent-pharmacies

Geri Duty 2: Cracking Open the 2023 Beers Criteria | Pain Pod

On this episode of the Pain Pod, we discuss the intersection of pain management, our geriatric patient population, and the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria Update. Let’s face it, if you’re not geriatric (65yo or even more experienced), you hope to be one day! So, this episode is right up everyone’s alley. A discussion of Centenarians (not the Roman soldier Centurions, rather those living to be at least 100yo)! Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!! Pain Guy • www.painguy.us 2023 AGS Beers
Criteria (Article •https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jgs.18372
JAGS • https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15325415
AGS • https://www.americangeriatrics.org/