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Effects of Perioperative Opioid Use in Spine Surgery
MICHAEL VO Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS There are a multitude of preoperative risk factors that are predictive of opioid...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 5, 20245 min read
Opioid-sparing Pain Management Strategies for Fibromyalgia
NICHOLAS PIARULLI, BS DAVID S. STOLZENBERG, D.O. SUMMARY POINTS Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that is poorly understood....
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Jun 6, 20235 min read
The effect of NSAIDs on chronic pain following spinal fusion surgery
JACOB BEIRIGER, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Early treatment with NSAIDs or steroids leads to prolonged pain following...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Mar 27, 20235 min read
Perioperative Pain Management for Opioid Tolerant Patients
TARA TRONETTI, BS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid-tolerant patients require thoughtful and active management during the perioperative period to...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Mar 27, 20236 min read


Post-Op Opioid Prescribing following Total Joint Arthroplasty:An Analysis of Patient Characteristics
Qudratullah S. Qadiri, BS SUMMARY POINTS In the last five years, there has been a significant decrease in the use of opioids for...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Feb 1, 20235 min read
Robotic-assisted vs Conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty| Difference in Outcomes and Pain
GASTON DAVIS, BS SUMMARY POINTS In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, total joint arthroplasty surgery has embraced opioid...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Jan 7, 20235 min read
Role of Local Anesthetics and Multimodal Analgesia in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Emily Baus, BS Summary Points ● Orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioid medications amongst all medical...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Jan 7, 20238 min read
Opioid Prescribing and Consumption Trends in Foot & Ankle Surgery
HEE W. KIM, BS SUMMARY POINTS An average of 34 opioid pills are prescribed to patients following foot & ankle surgeries, with...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Jan 7, 20235 min read
Effect of Vitamin D and Opioid Use
DAKOTA L. TAYLOR, BS, LAT, ATC SUMMARY POINTS Vitamin D can modulate the effects of ultraviolet radiation-induced β-endorphin and its...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Jan 7, 20235 min read
Relationship Between Medical Cannabis Legalization and Opioid-Related Mortality Rates
ALICE WU, BA SUMMARY POINTS The use of medical cannabis has been shown to offer therapeutic effects to combat patients with opioid use...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Nov 3, 20225 min read
Retention of Patients in Opioid Replacement Therapy Programs in Philadelphia
RITU VYAS, BS Summary Philadelphia continues to lead in fatal overdoses amongst large cities in the United States. Meta-analyses studies...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 27, 20227 min read
Understanding the Utility of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
JOSH MARET, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Abuse-deterrent opioid formulations (ADOs) aim to make opioid abuse less...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 20, 20227 min read
Fentanyl Test Strips and their Influence on Risk Reduction Behavior
Mubazar Ishfaq, BS SUMMARY POINTS Illicit synthetic fentanyl abuse is increasing across America and is the cause of the current 4th wave...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 20, 20226 min read
The Effect of Smoking on the Use of Opioids After Surgery
ZACHARY BLICKLEY, BS SUMMARY POINTS Smoking increases postoperative opioid usage and pain scores across different surgical specialties...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 13, 20225 min read
Rates of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Pregnancy and Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Pennsylvania Rachael Wittmer, BS SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania’s...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Oct 6, 20225 min read
Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
Patrick Ioffreda, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Chronic pain is prevalent in over two-thirds of patients following spinal...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Sep 29, 20225 min read
Racial Disparities in Access to Naloxone
ROMINA GARAKANI, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid death rates have increased among Black Americans. Non-White people...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Sep 22, 20224 min read
Review of Pennsylvania Opioid Treatment Agreements
Ripal Sheth, BS SUMMARY POINTS The Pennsylvania state legislature mandated the use of opioid treatment agreements when starting chronic...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Sep 15, 20225 min read
Cultural Perspectives on Pain and Pain Management
Tala Allababidi, BS SUMMARY POINTS The United States’ extensive opioid consumption has been attributed to pharmaceutical advertising,...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Sep 8, 20225 min read


Opioid-Prescribing Trends In Dermatology
ANASTASIA A. MITAYANINA, BS SUMMARY POINTS Less than 10% of Dermatologists prescribe opioids. There has been an overall decrease in...
Rothman Opioid Foundation
Aug 31, 20227 min read
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