Pain Talk

Today we finish our conversation with Dr. Vincent Adams, a chiropractor with an interest in providing care to patients living with chronic pain.

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Today we are talking with Dr. Vincent Adams who is a chiropractor practicing in Prince Edward Island. Vince shares some of the challenges that come with providing care to individuals living with complex pain, but also some of the benefits that present themselves.

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Today we've reached out to Don Daniel Ocay who is a Ph.D. candidate with an interest in pediatric pain. Daniel will share with us the good work his team is undertaking in Montreal at McGill University, and his work with the Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators a Quebec-wide forum of student researchers in the field of pain.

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We conclude our discussion with Dr's Allan and Korownyk, exploring the challenges of urine drug monitoring in clinical practice.

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Today we continue our discussion with Dr's Allan and Korownyk on the simplified guidelines for cannabis and opioid use disorders in primary care.

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Dr.'s Mike Allan and Tina Korownyk are trailblazers in their field of primary care research. Both have contributed to practice-changing guidelines on the use of cannabis in clinical practice and the management of opioid use disorders in primary care.

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Today's podcast will look at the forces that drive persistent pain. In Session 6 we started the conversation about Neuro Inflammation and Central Sensitization. Today we will discuss pain protective behaviours as well as the messengers that contribute to ongoing pain.

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Today we finish our discussion about Methadone, a strong, unique synthetic opioid analgesic used to manage pain and opioid use disorders. We'll break down common myths and misconceptions as we discuss the role of Methadone in clinical practice.

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Methadone is a synthetic opioid developed by the Germans in the second world war as an alternative to morphine.  It is widely used in the management of complex pain often seen in palliative care patients and as well it is recognized as an effective treatment for the management of opioid use disorders.

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The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. May 2019 the WHO designated Chronic pain as a disease in its own right. This helps to legitimize and validate chronic pain as a legitimate disease.

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