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 of Depression and Anxiety Among Adults With Chronic Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025

• Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing, Published in Nature Communications, March 2025

• Buprenorphine-naloxone versus buprenorphine for opioid use disorder during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, November/December 2022

• Fatal Drug Overdose Risks of Health Care Workers in the United States : A Population-Based Cohort Study, Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, August 2023

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 2025

• Occupational and Hobby Exposures Associated With Myositis Phenotypes in a National Myositis Patient Registry, Published in Arthritis Care and Research, November 2024

• Problem Adaptation Therapy for Older Adults with Chronic Pain and Negative Emotions in Primary Care (PATH-Pain): A Randomized Clinical Trial, Published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, January 2025

• Consensus statement on pain management for pregnant patients with opioid use disorder from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Published in Anesthesia and Analgesia, November 2024

• Access to Firearms and Opioids Among Veterans at Risk for Suicide, Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025

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 Journal of Addiction Medicine, February 2025

• Depression and physical multimorbidity: A cohort study of physical health condition accrual in UK Biobank, Published in PLOS Medicine, February 2025

• Comparative Effectiveness of Different Opioid Regimens, in Daily Dose or Treatment Duration, Prescribed at Surgical Discharge: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis, Published in CNS Drugs, April 2025

• Pharmacy Harm Reduction Practices to Help Reduce Opioid Overdoses, Arizona 2023, Published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, April 2025

• New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery, Published in JAMA Network Open, February 2025

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 Network Open, January 2025

• Do individuals with inflammatory arthritis receive minimally adequate treatment for incident depression and anxiety: A population-based study, Published in Arthritis Research and Therapy, January 2025

• Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes, Published in JAMA Network Open, April 2024

• Navigating Buprenorphine Therapy: A Closer Look at Microdosing vs. Macrodosing for Pain Management and Opioid Addiction - A Narrative Review, Published in Addiction Health, October 2024

• Intraoperative Esketamine and Postpartum Depression Among Women With Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Published in Jama Network Open, February 2025

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

• Artery Procedure May Offer Surgery-Free Way to Ease Knee Arthritis, Published in Health Day, December 2024

• Clinical and Mental Health Characteristics Among Patients Receiving Medications for OUD Treatment vs High-Dose Opioids When Referred for Pain Management, Published in Pain Medicine, February 2025

• Substance Use Disorder and Harm Reduction Curriculum in United States and Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education: An Online Survey, Published in Amersa, February 2025

• Rest-Activity Rhythms, Their Modulators, and Brain-Clinical Correlates in Opioid Use Disorder, Published in JAMA Network Open, February 2025

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 Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication, Published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, December 2024

• Considerations for perioperative opioid analgesic stewardship in Australia: a focus on tapentadol, Published in Pain Management, June 2023

• The Overdose Crisis among U.S. Adolescents, Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 2024

• Mortality Trends Among Early Adults in the United States, 1999-2023, Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025

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 a predictor of problem drinking behavior: A longitudinal study using eye-tracking, Published in Alcohol- Clinical and Experimental Research, December 2024

• Experiences of pain debut and healthcare received in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome, Published in BMC Urology, June 2023

• Evaluation of a Program Designed to Support Implementation of Prescribing Medication for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Practices, Published in the Annals of Family Medicine, January 2025

• Long-Term Use of Muscle Relaxant Medications for Chronic Pain A Systematic Review, Published in JAMA Network Open, September 2024

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 pain over four years in patients with hand osteoarthritis depends on BMI, employment and mental wellbeing: The Hand OSTeoArthritis in Secondary care cohort study, Published in Arthritis Care and Research, December 2024

• Insomnia in older adults: A review of treatment options, Published in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, January 2025

• Ketamine Infusion for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treatment: A Narrative Review, Published in Anesthesiology Clinical, April 2023

• Trends in Treatment Need and Receipt for Substance Use Disorders in the US, Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025