Episode 90

About this episode

Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley discuss key insights on reducing medication overuse and advances in pain management.

In t his episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing opportunities to reduce medication overuse in urgent care settings, emerging advances in clinical pain management, the role of placebo responses in analgesic trials, evidence for virtual reality as a treatment for chronic low back pain, and more! Antibiotic, Glucocorticoid, and Opioid Prescribing in Urgent Cares: An Opportunity for Reducing Medication Overuse Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, July 2025 Clinical pain management: Current practice and recent innovations in research Published in Cell Reports Medicine, October 2024 Placebo Responses in Clinical Trials of Analgesics, published in Neurological Clinics Published Neurological Clinics, September 2025 Therapeutic effects of virtual reality technology on chronic low back pain Published in Medicine (Baltimore), November 2025 Smartphone-Based Muscle Relaxation for Migraine in the Emergency Department A Randomized Clinical Trial Published in JAMA Network Open, October 2025

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Don Stader

Guest: Dr. Bradley

Topics covered

• medication overuse
• urgent care
• clinical pain management
• placebo responses
• virtual reality treatment
• chronic low back pain

Keywords

• opioid stewardship
• pain management
• urgent care
• placebo
• virtual reality
• chronic pain
• medication overuse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Annals of Internal Medicine, Cell Reports Medicine, Neurological Clinics, Medicine (Baltimore), JAMA Network Open

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