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How much opioid pain medication do you need if you’ve had an operation or an injury? It might surprise you to hear that we don’t really know... Read more

During our recent research on opioid prescribing patterns for pediatric patients we discovered that thousands of children every year are still being... Read more

One of the most difficult issues around prescribing opioids after surgery or trauma is knowing how to manage prescriptions for patients with a... Read more

Primary care providers are responsible for much of a patient's pain management after injury and trauma, both acutely and for patients who go on to... Read more

Pre-hospital providers are often the first people to meet a patient about to have their first exposure to opioids, and sometimes tragically, the last... Read more

Opioid prescribing in the Emergency Department is suprisingly common -- or at least we were surprised by the data presented in this hour with... Read more

Opioids prescribed after trauma and acute care surgery is among the most common first exposures to opioids. In this hour we talk with Dr. Hee Soo Jung... Read more

Everyone knows that kids are not just little adults, and that's as true in pain management after surgery or trauma as anywhere else. In this hour of... Read more

In this inaugural episode of the SPOTS series, we talk with Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Assistant Professor and Medical Director of UW Pain Services, about... Read more