Naloxone Access and its Importance in Combating the Opioid Crisis
Mike Heller, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Naloxone (Narcan) is an opioid receptor antagonist that can be used to rapidly...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Jul 26, 2021
- 5 min
Pennsylvania Opioid Prescription Rates per County and Primary Care Provider Density
Kevin Rooney, BS, Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Summary Points In 2019, PA ranked 26th in state opioid prescription...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
The State of “Pill Mills” in America
Dominic Farronato Summary Points: A pill mill is a medical practice that inappropriately prescribes large amounts of opioid drugs without...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers
John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Jul 11, 2021
- 5 min
Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers
John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Jul 4, 2021
- 7 min
Pain Management Strategies in Fracture Care
Bela Delvadia, BS Surena Namdari, MD, MS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: Fractures represent common acute painful injuries that...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
Orthopaedic Patient Perspectives on Medical Cannabis : A Survey of Over 2500 Patients
CLAY TOWNSEND, BS ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Based on a recent Pew Research poll, two-thirds of American...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Conditions
DUNCAN VAN NEST, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS ARI GREIS, DO SUMMARY POINTS Medical Cannabis has been growing in utilization across the...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Opioid Mortality Trends in the USA and Pennsylvania
Austin Saline, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The first wave of the “Opioid Epidemic” was related to prescription opioids...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs:They Are Not All Created Equal
CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The PDMP remains the single most studied legislative action addressing the...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Opioid-Related Mortality – 3 Waves
Chaim Miller, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Takeaway Points: The CDC categorized the past 20 years of drug overdose data into 3 waves to...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 6 min
Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Hand Surgery
JOSEPH LABRUM, IV, MD ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Hand Surgery is a high volume surgical field with historically excessive...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 9 min
Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Spine Surgery
DANIEL CALEM, BA MARK KURD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Spine surgery has historically relied on the routine use of opioids, with spine surgery...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Recent Opioid Prescribing Trends at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
BROCK BAKEWELL, MPH ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Rothman physicians have reduced the number of opioid prescriptions from 2015...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 6 min
Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Sports Medicine
JENNA ADALBERT, BS SOMMER HAMMOUD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Orthopaedic sports medicine subspecialists perform a wide variety of anatomic...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
Opioid Knowledge & Prescribing Habits of Surgical Residents Before & After Educational Intervention
PANKTI ACHARYA, MPH ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Formal Opioid-prescribing education of orthopaedic surgical residents...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 13, 2021
- 5 min
Medical Cannabis : Review of the Indication and Evidence for Postoperative Pain Management
DANIEL CALEM, BA ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Inadequate pain control following surgery can potentially result...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
The State of Opioid Prescribing Education in U.S. Medical and Dental Schools
JENNA ADALBERT, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS In medical school curricula, active methods of opioid prescribing instruction...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 10, 2021
- 5 min
Medical Cannabis: Understanding dosing, concentrations, and delivery routes
BROCK BAKEWELL, MPH ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS THC and CBD behave in a dynamic and dose-dependent manner. THC...
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Rothman Opioid Foundation
- Feb 10, 2021
- 6 min
Medical Cannabis: How do Cannabinoids Effect Pain
JUSTIN A. LY, BA ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Cannabinoids have both analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties...
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