About this episode

Dr. Maggie Lowenstein discusses advancements in hospital addiction medicine, focusing on methadone management and the impact of medetomidine on patient care.

Become the Medetomi-Dean of Admissions Step up your hospital addiction medicine game by learning to troubleshoot methadone dose confirmations/missed doses and understanding how medetomidine’s emergency in the drug supply is impacting patients and withdrawal management. We’re joined by Dr Maggie Lowenstein ( University of Pennsylvania ) Claim CME for this episode at curbsiders.vcuhealth.org ! By listening to this episode and completing CME, this can be used to count towards the new DEA 8-hr requirement on substance use disorders education. Episodes | Subscribe | Spotify | iTunes | CurbsidersAddictionMed@gmail.com | CME! Credits Writer, Producer, and Show Notes: Shawn Cohen MD Infographic and Cover Art: Zoya Surani Hosts: Carolyn Chan, MD. MHS and Shawn Cohen MD Reviewer: Payel Jhoom Roy MD, MSc Showrunner: Carolyn Chan, MD, MHS Technical Production: PodPaste Guest: Maggie Lowenstein MD MPhil MSHP Sponsor: Babbel Go to Babbel.com/CURB for up to 60% off. Sponsor: FIGS Curbsiders listeners can get 15% off. Just go to WearFIGS.com and use code FIGSRX . Sponsor: Freed Setup takes 30 minutes and pricing starts at $149 a month. Try it free for 7 days at getfreed.ai/front-desk .

People in this episode

Hosts: Shawn Cohen, Carolyn Chan

Guest: Maggie Lowenstein

Topics covered

• hospital addiction medicine
• methadone management
• substance use disorders
• withdrawal management
• CME education

Keywords

• addiction medicine
• methadone
• medetomidine
• CME
• substance use disorders
• hospital care
• withdrawal management

Sponsors

Babbel, FIGS, Freed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Pennsylvania

Products: Babbel, FIGS, Freed

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