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Podcast 571:  Digital Blocks

June 15, 2020 Analgesia, Medical Minute

Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Traditional digital block involves dorsal approach on either side of the digit, injecting local anesthetic along each side to numb all four nerves of the digit Newer approach involves a single injection along the palmar surface at MCP joint Recent study further compared a proximal vs distal single palmar…

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Podcast 514: Pain Control While on Naltrexone 

October 30, 2019 Analgesia, Medical Minute, Pharmacology

Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone are commonly used as treatments for opiate use disorder.  Naltrexone is a full mu-opiate receptor antagonist, making acute pain control difficult in patients taking it.  Options for pain control in patients on naltrexone include nerve blocks, NSAIDS, ketamine, and high doses of opiates.  Of the…

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