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Addiction Medicine Episodes

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...
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...
April 26, 2023

#392 Live! Opioid and Xylazine Withdrawal in the Hospital

Dominate opioid and xylazine (aka tranq) withdrawal in the hospital with expert insights from Dr. Joseph D’Orazio (@dorazepam) recorded LIVE!...
November 14, 2022

#366 Opioid Use Disorder and Acute Pain in the Hospitalized Patient

With Carolyn Chan MD and Shawn Cohen MD Transcript-The-Cubsiders-#366-AcutePain.docxDownload Conquer acute pain in the hospitalized patient with opioid use disorder!...
May 30, 2022

#338 LIVE! Medical Cannabis: Is it still dope?

It’s high time we revisit the benefits and harms Transcript-The-Curbsiders-338-Medical-Cannabis.docxDownload Master the ins-and-outs of medical cannabis! Dr. Julia Arnsten (@DrArnsten)...
May 23, 2022

#336 Updates in Addiction Medicine: Live From SGIM 

Transnscript-The-Curbsiders-336-Addiction-MedicineDownload Learn from an expert panel in addiction medicine about a potpourri of fascinating topics, with updated data to guide...
October 11, 2021

#299 Acute Pain Management for the Hospitalist

Optimizing Opioids for Analgesia and Safety Confidently manage acute pain in the hospital! In this episode listeners will learn  how...
May 10, 2021

#273 ACP 2021: The Highlight Reel Part 2

Binge on some delicious knowledge food fresh from ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2021 #IM2021 with pearls on: primary care management...
March 1, 2021

#259 Addiction Medicine Triple Distilled

Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder, and more! Transcript-The-Curbsiders-259-Addiction-Medicine-Triple-DistilledDownload Listen as we recap some of our favorite addiction medicine episodes! ...
January 25, 2021

#252 Smoking Cessation Unfiltered

Breaking the Chain with Medications and Behavioral Interventions Transcript-252-Smoking-Cessation-UnfilteredDownload Get all the details on varenicline, nicotine replacement therapy, and integrating...
July 13, 2020

#224 Hospital Addiction Medicine with Melissa Weimer DO

What Every Hospitalist Should Know About Addiction Medicine Jump into an episode dedicated to hospital based addiction medicine, as we...
May 7, 2020

#212 Sober Talk: Managing Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal

Assessing Alcohol Withdrawal Risk, Choosing a Protocol (Benzos or Barbs?!), and the Myth of Banana Bags with Joji Suzuki MD...
February 10, 2020

#194 Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment with Dr. Marlene Martin

Diagnose and treat patients with risky drinking and alcohol use disorder Dismantle alcohol use disorder with evidence based tools for...
December 9, 2019

#187 Buprenorphine Master Class: Managing Opioid Use Disorder for the Generalist

A Masterclass for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder How to initiate buprenorphine like a pro. Treating people with Opioid Use...

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