Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us. *This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*
Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
Latest Episodes
Does Letting Your Teen Drink at Home Prevent Drug and Alcohol Problems?
The idea sounds caring and practical: if my teen is going to drink anyway, I’d rather it happen at home where I can supervise it. I’m Dr. Casey Grover, and after years in emergency medicine and now addiction medicine, I keep hearing this “safe ...
Skip The Strip: Talking Direct to Inject for OUD With Dr. Reb Close
Getting someone from fentanyl to buprenorphine can be one of the hardest transitions in addiction medicine, and not because people “don’t want it.” The pharmacology is unforgiving: start too soon and precipitated withdrawal can hit fast, loud, ...
Sober Living Explained
Walking out of treatment can feel like being dropped right back into the fire: the bills are higher, relationships are still strained, triggers are everywhere, and the old “solution” of numbing out is suddenly right there again. We wanted a cle...
Ozempic Goes to Rehab: GLP-1s for Addiction
GLP-1 medications are everywhere right now, and not just because people are losing weight. We’re starting to see something far more interesting for addiction medicine: semaglutide may reduce alcohol cravings and heavy drinking, and early data h...
The Most Effective Stress Relief You Should Never Use
In this episode, Dr. Grover sits down with his daughter to discuss some of the more subtle aspects of quitting smoking. If you're wondering why it was his daughter, well - she was home when the recording was happening and it just felt right.&nb...