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August 17, 2026

#536 Q&Apalooza: Your Addiction Questions Answered!

Transcript available via YouTube This episode explores complex questions around addiction treatment from our audience, including the off-label use of...
July 20, 2026

#533: What’s the Tea on Kratom?

Transcript available via YouTube Caring for patients using mitragynine-derived substances Familiarize yourself with the differences in mitragynine-derived compounds. Understand how...
June 8, 2026

#528 Hospital Addiction Medicine 3.0 with Dr. Maggie Lowenstein

Transcript available via YouTube Become the Medetomi-Dean of Admissions Step up your hospital addiction medicine game by learning to troubleshoot...
September 15, 2025

#498 Opioid Withdrawal with Dr. Ashish Thakrar

Transcript available via YouTube Grow your management tools for opioid withdrawal in the hospital. Investigate how to decide between methadone...
September 8, 2025

#497 Tailoring and Ramping up Management of Methamphetamine Use Disorder for the Current Era with Dr. Phillip Coffin

Transcript available via YouTube In this high-yield episode of Curbsiders Addiction Medicine, we dive deep into a practical and compassionate...
June 16, 2025

#487 Chronic Pain & Opioid Use Disorder with Dr. Jessie Merlin

Transcript available via YouTube Dive into practical, evidence-based approaches to managing pain in patients with opioid use disorder, bust common...
March 24, 2025

#476 Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder 2.0 with Dr Stephen Holt

Transcript available via YouTube Make MAUD your topira-MATE Level up your treatment for people with alcohol use disorder. Learn about...
August 22, 2024

#30 Blazing Hot Takes: The Latest in Vaping With Drs. Ling and Vijayaraghavan

Transcript available via YouTube Join us to hear the latest pearls and best practices on talking to patients about vaping,...
August 15, 2024

#29 Hallucinogens with Dr. Al Garcia-Romeu

Transcript available via YouTube From Recreational Use to Possible Therapeutic Interventions Learn how different hallucinogens act in the body and...
August 8, 2024

#28 Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease with Dr. Lamia Haque

Transcript available via YouTube Helping Patients Liver Longer Maximize your treatment of alcohol-associated liver disease. Learn how to evaluate liver...
August 1, 2024

#27- Recap: ACAAM Lightning Round

Transcript available via YouTube Spark your learning We cover clinical pearls from graduating addiction medicine fellows by covering ACAAM’s annual...
July 25, 2024

#26 Addressing adulterants (xylazine) in the drug supply with Dr. Raagini Jawa and Tehya Johnson, NP

Transcript available via YouTube Expand your practice to include wound care for xylazine-related wounds and learn how to talk to...
July 18, 2024

#25 Methadone in the Clinic with Dr Ruth Potee and Dr David Frank

Transcript available via YouTube OTP yea you know me Make methadone a part of your practice. Learn how the methadone...
October 17, 2023

#24 Treating OUD in the Fentanyl Era: ASAM Treatment Week with Dr. Melissa Weimer

Keep saving lives by prescribing methadone and buprenorphine. Learn how initiations of each have changed in the era of high-potency...
September 21, 2023

#23 Opioid Overdose Treatment and Prevention with Dr. Alex Walley

Prevent opioid overdoses in your community! We discuss opioid overdose prevention and treatment so you can counsel patients who use...
September 14, 2023

#22 Low Key Pearls for Low Dose Bup

With Amelia Goff FNP and Eleasa Sokolski, MD Accelerate your knowledge on low-dose buprenorphine starts for individuals with opioid use...
September 7, 2023

#21 Racism and Inequities in Addiction Medicine with Dr. Myra Mathis

Gain insight into how racialized US drug policies, the War on Drugs, and media portrayals of substance use impact our...
August 31, 2023

#20 Extending Knowledge of LAI Buprenorphine with Dr. Ken Lee

Learn about long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder with Dr. Ken Lee, an addiction medicine...
August 24, 2023

#19 Return to Use Prevention Counseling with Dr. Eve Lasswell, PsyD

Jumpstart your knowledge on how to counsel patients in primary care to help decrease their risk of returning to substance...
August 17, 2023

#18 Urine Drug Testing with Dr. Timothy Wiegand

Interpret urine drug tests (UDT) like a toxicologist! Learn how to approach interpreting positive opiates, opioids, and benzodiazepines in UDT....

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