Episode three of the “MedChat” podcast is now available. This episode of the podcast, titled “Streetwise: Drugs in Kentucky,” addresses the prevalence of illegal drugs and seeks to help physicians and providers better understand the culture around illegal drugs. As legal prescribing decreases and controls tighten, addicted patients may seek drugs from illegal sources. Moderator…
Episode two of the new “MedChat” podcast is now available; the podcast provides an option for convenient continuing medical education for physicians. This episode of the “MedChat” podcast addresses chronic pain management through complementary and integrative medicine, and is geared toward specialists in internal medicine, family medicine and other specialties that treat patients with chronic…
Two presentations from the 2018 R. Dietz Wolfe, M.D. Lectureship, “A Fine Line: Abuse and Addiction,” now are available for viewing online. The annual lectureship took place on Aug. 22, 2018, at The Olmsted in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2016, Kentucky had the country’s fifth highest rate of deaths due to drug overdose. The opioid abuse…
Norton Women’s Care launched the MOST (Maternal Opiate Substance Treatment) Program as a resource for pregnant women who suffer from substance use disorders. Treatment services designed specifically for pregnant women dependent on drugs or alcohol are hard to find. Many programs are reluctant to accept pregnant women, partly due to the lack of knowledge about…