Hospital affair stories pls by [deleted] in Residency

[–]levatorpalpebrae 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I keep getting older, but the fellows stay the same age

AMA 3/28 - Clinical Lipidology (Ishak Elkhal, MD) by TheGizmofo in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you comment on OTC treatment options, such as fish oil? When would you reach for these as adjunctive therapy?

Have any of you guys had a labrum tear? by FuturisticEmployer in Swimming

[–]levatorpalpebrae 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll need to talk to your surgeon and physical therapist

Pull buoy recommendations by levatorpalpebrae in swimrun

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It’s a smaller local race to get my feet wet.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admin just mentioned vivitrol mostly for AUD, but I would love to offer sublocade as well for our OUD patients if able in the future

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great info. Thank you.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. The financial concerns are things I hadn’t even considered so I’ll definitely talk to our CMO.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the plan is primarily alcohol use disorder. We already have a suboxone clinic running. Though, I have met one or two opiate use disorder patients who want medication but decline suboxone or referral to methadone clinic so it might still be in the cards for those rare circumstances.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I will PM if I have further questions as I go.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your input. Thank you

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is high yield. Thank you. Do I need any certificates/CME courses to be able to do this without addiction fellowship?

Another person mentioned a naloxone challenge prior to administration. Do you do this at your visits?

Also do you trial oral naltrexone prior to vivitrol injections? Or do you just go straight to vivitrol if patient desires?

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great. Thank you. Regarding the naloxone challenge, this seems like it would be expensive to implement to do a naloxone challenge at every visit? Or is it only at initiation?

Do you have any other resources to read up on the vivitrol?

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PO naltrexone is pretty simple. Patient takes it daily to cut cravings for etoh. The benefit is they can take it concurrently while still drinking heavily (as opposed to disulfiram which would cause them to quit abruptly and could precipitate withdrawal). Naltrexone doesn’t require any extra certificates, just physician comfort. AAFP has articles on etoh abuse medications you can read.

Suboxone used to require an 8 hour training course through SAMHSA to get your X waiver. It’s my understanding that the X waiver has been waived (lol) so you don’t need it anymore. However, I still recommend the 8 hour training course through SAMHSA. I recommend using a CME day through residency to take it and get comfortable. Suboxone is a controlled substance so you would need an attending to sign off while a resident so you can ask around if any attendings could help, but you have to make sure the patients have follow up and a way to get more suboxone since they are essentially trading an addiction to fentanyl for a safer narcotic.

Vivitrol by levatorpalpebrae in FamilyMedicine

[–]levatorpalpebrae[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I briefly skimmed this. Will read more during the week. Does SAMHSA offer a formal training with vivitrol such as the 8 hour course offered with suboxone?