Compass Opioid Stewardship Coaches Top 5 Podcast

The Compass Opioid Stewardship Coaches Top 5 Podcast aims to provide clinicians with both recent and landmark medical literature to keep them up to date on in their practice. Episodes highlight topics such as pain management, alternatives to opioids, buprenorphine and methadone treatment, substance use disorders, health equity, harm reduction and more! Dr. Don Stader, a Board Certified Addiction Medicine Physician, and Clinical Pharmacist, Dr. Susan Bradley, lead the discussions, emphasizing the essential evidence you should be aware of. Each episode, released weekly and lasting 15 minutes or less, presents 5 valuable articles curated by the IHC Compass Clinical Coaches.

Episode 90 01/21/2026

Episode 90 In this 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! Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, July 2025 Published in Cell Reports Medicine, October 2024 Published Neurological Clinics, September 2025 Published in Medicine (Baltimore), November 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, October 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39829585

Episode 89 01/15/2026

Episode 89 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing trial data on cannabidiol for fibromyalgia, the role of non-opioid psychiatric medications in chronic pain, the complex relationship between low back pain and depression, evidence for intra-articular injections in shoulder arthritis, and more! Published in Annals of Rheumatic Disease, August 2025 Published in Frontiers, October 2024 Published in Brain Behavior, November 2025 Published in European Journal of Medical Research, November 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39829495

Episode 88 01/05/2026

Episode 88 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated analyses of tramadol’s effectiveness for chronic pain, advances in non-pharmacological pain interventions, comparative effects of preoperative hypnosis versus mindfulness on postoperative symptoms, and more! Published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, October 2025 Published in Cell Reports Medicine, February 2025 Published in BMC Public Health, November 2025 Published in Anesthesiology, November 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39829405

Episode 87 12/22/2025

Episode 87 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the HRQ Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook, outcomes of hospital addiction consultation services, comparative effectiveness of interventional procedures for chronic spine pain, postoperative cold therapy to reduce pain and opioid use, and more! Published by HRQ, October 2025 Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, April 2025 Published in BMJ, February 2025 Published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, October 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39829185

Episode 86 12/10/2025

Episode 86 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing approaches that increase MOUD delivery in primary care, comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone, best-supported interventions for chronic low back pain, the role of patient resilience in perioperative outcomes, and more! Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, July 2025 Published in JAMA Psychiatry, December 2017 Published the Clinical Journal of Pain, July 2023 Published in British Journal of Anesthesia, October 2025 Published in JAMA Health Forum, September 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39828320

Episode 85 12/05/2025

Episode 85 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing dementia risk following gabapentin use in chronic low back pain, predictors of outcomes during short-term medically supervised opioid withdrawal, nonpharmacologic pain interventions such as auricular acupressure in older adults, and more! Published in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, July 2025 Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, October 2009 Published in Pain Medicine, September 2025 Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, November 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, September 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39828060

Episode 84 11/29/2025

Episode 84 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated understanding of the harms and uncertain benefits of long-term opioid therapy, the effectiveness of brief patient-facing education tools for low back pain in primary care, and more! Published in JAMA, August 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, July 2025 Published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy, October 2025 Published in the Journal of Opioid Management, May-June 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, September 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39820835

Episode 83 11/19/2025

Episode 83 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing how physical activity influences the relationship between weight and pain-related disability, the impact of CYP2D6 phenotypes on emergency department visits among patients treated with opioids, updated evidence on tramadol’s benefits and harms, and more! Published in Epidemiology and Population Health, July 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, July 2025 Published in Canadian Family Physician, July 2025 Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, September 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, September 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39820555

Episode 82 11/06/2025

Episode 82 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing long-term outcomes of non-surgical treatments for chronic low back pain, cognition- and stress-targeted therapies for chronic whiplash, how challenging clinical encounters may influence pain outcomes, and more! Published in Lancet Rheumatology, September 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 Published in Pain Medicine, September 2025 Published in Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, September 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39819950

Episode 81 10/30/2025

Episode 81 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing telehealth and online CBT-based therapies for high-impact chronic pain, the pain benefits of sleep-focused interventions in fibromyalgia, pharmacy barriers to buprenorphine access in telemedicine-based addiction care, and more! Published in JAMA, July 2025 Published in the European Archives of Psychiatric and Clinical Neuroscience, August 2023 Published in Pain, July 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39818890

Episode 80 10/15/2025

Episode 80 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing patterns of usual low back pain management in U.S. emergency departments, quality improvement approaches to safer postoperative opioid use, updated clinical guidelines for treating substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults, and more! Published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, July 2025 Published in Surgery Open Science, June 2023 Published in Pain Physician, May 2025 Published in the Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, June 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39818410

Episode 79 10/01/2025

Episode 79 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing highlights from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, opioid-free postoperative analgesia strategies, evidence for a prescribed digital health app reducing migraine days, low-threshold injectable buprenorphine initiation protocols, and more! Published by SAMHSA, June 2025 Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, October 2024 Published in JAMA, July 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, June 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39816725

Episode 78 09/28/2025

Episode 78 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing public awareness and beliefs about naloxone, benzodiazepine use and adverse outcomes among patients on long-term opioid therapy, the relationship between pain and cannabis initiation in emerging adults, racial and ethnic differences in access to OUD treatment after emergency department visits, and more! Published in JAMA Health Forum, June 2025 , Published in Pain Medicine, June 2019 , Published in Behavioral Medicine, July 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, July 2025 , Published in Pharmacy Times, July 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39815820

Episode 77 09/16/2025

Episode 77 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing risks of benzodiazepines and other sedative-hypnotics, overdose risk from overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, non-procedural treatments for peripheral neuropathic pain, NSAIDs as effective alternatives to opioids for postoperative pain, and rising emergency department visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome among adolescents. Published in BMJ, June 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, August 2021 Published in Muscle and Nerve, May 2025 Published in the Journal of Endourology, July 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, July 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39765255

Episode 76 09/06/2025

Episode 76 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing updated guidance on long-term opioid therapy for nonterminal pain, patterns of high-risk outpatient opioid prescribing, evidence for open-label placebo effects in chronic musculoskeletal pain, links between addictive screen use and youth mental health and suicidality, and more! Published in American Family Physician, June 2025 Published Preventative Medicine Reports, September 2019 Published in Scientific Reports, July 2025 Published in JAMA, July 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, July 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39765085

Episode 75 08/25/2025

Episode 75 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing new evidence on cytisinicline for smoking cessation, links between sedentary behavior and brain health in older adults, factors affecting exercise adherence in chronic low back pain, national trends in postoperative opioid prescribing and persistent use, and, and more! Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, April 2025 Published in MedPage Today, May 2025 Published in Pain, October 24 Published in Annals of Surgery, March 2025 Published in JAMA Network Open, April 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39764885

Episode 74 08/15/2025

Episode 74 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing online DBT for chronic pain, national trends in overdose deaths, the effects of exercise on brain activation in osteoarthritis, and more! Published in JAMA Network, May 2025 Published in AP News, May 2025 Published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, August 2021 Published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, March 2025 Published in JAMA Network, April 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39764785

Episode 73 08/01/2025

Episode 73 Episode 73 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the link between pain catastrophizing and metabolic syndrome, changes in synthetic opioid-involved youth overdoses, the effect of aerobic exericse on pain, and more! Published in Science Direct, August 2025 , Published in Rheumatology Advisor, May 2025 , Published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, June 2023 Published in Pediatrics, May 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, June 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/39318970

Episode 72 07/21/2025

Episode 72 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing oral vs injectable naltrexone, brain function outcomes in long term heavy cannabis use, and more! , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, April 2025 , Published in the Journal of Rheumatology, February 2025 , Published in Pain, January 2022 , Published in Pharmacy, May 2024 , Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37483800

Episode 71 07/21/2025

Episode 71 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the link between dietary fiber intake and osteoarthritis, buprenorphine induction in pharmacies, and more! , Published in the Journal of Pain Research, November 2024 , Published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, February 2025 , Published in Applied Ergonomics, May 2024 , Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 2023 , Published in JAMA Network Open, May 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37483775

Episode 70 07/21/2025

Episode 70 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing mindfulness vs CBT, the impact of home exercise training for low back pain, and more! , Published in JAMA Network Open, April 2025 , Published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, January 2021 , Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2021 , Published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, November-December 2023 , Published by JAMA Network Open, May 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37483755

Episode 69 07/21/2025

Episode 69 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the new joint clinical practice guideline on benzodiazepine tapering, myofascial pain syndrome, dietary modification and supplement use for endometriosis, and more! , Published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, February 2025 , Published by JAMA Network Open, March 2025 , Published by Muscle & Nerve, May 2025 , Published by Preventative Medicine Reports, May 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37482615

Episode 68 07/21/2025

Episode 68 In this episode, Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing acute pain management in patients with OUD, trends in buprenorphine prescribing for chronic pain, the association between fiber intake and osteoarthritis, and more! , Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, March 2025 , Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, February 2025 , Published in Pain, May 2025 , Published in Psychopharmacology Bulletin, April 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37475735

Episode 67 07/07/2025

Episode 67 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing non-pharmacologic interventions for pain, expansion of treatment for AUD in primary care, prescribing of buprenorphine by pharmacists, and more! , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, March 2025 , Published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, November 2024 , Published in Cell Reports Medicine, February 2025 , Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, March 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37302690

Episode 66 06/30/2025

Episode 66 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the analgesic benefits of nature exposure, fatal drug overdoses in healthcare workers, and more! , Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, February 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, March 2025 , Published in Nature Communications, March 2025 , Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, November/December 2022 , Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, August 2023 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/37214230

Episode 65 06/09/2025

Episode 65 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing the new NIH HEAL MME Calculator, the recent consensus statement on pain management for pregnant individuals with OUD, and more! , Published in PAIN, February 2025 , Published in Arthritis Care and Research, November 2024 , Published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, January 2025 , Published in Anesthesia and Analgesia, November 2024 , Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/36912290

Episode 64 06/02/2025

Episode 64 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing depression and physical multimorbidity, pharmacy harm reduction practices, new persistent opioid use after surgery, and more! , Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, February 2025 , Published in PLOS Medicine, February 2025 , Published in CNS Drugs, April 2025 , Published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, April 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, February 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/36813345

Episode 63 05/19/2025

Episode 63 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing physician empathy and the impact on pain perception, esketamine for prevention of postpartum depression, and more! , Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025 , Published in Arthritis Research and Therapy, January 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, April 2024 , Published in Addiction Health, October 2024 , Published in Jama Network Open, February 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/36620800

Episode 62 05/13/2025

Episode 62 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing risks of opioid tapering, a novel artery procedure for knee arthritis, and more! , Published in Pain Medicine, November 2024 , Published in Health Day, December 2024 , Published in Pain Medicine, February 2025 , Published in Amersa, February 2025 , Published in JAMA Network Open, February 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/36544565

Episode 61 05/05/2025

Episode 61 In this episode Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks discussing Journavx (suzetrigine), recommendations for vitamin D and calcium supplementation, perioperative use of tapentadol, and more! , Published as an FDA News Release, January 2025 , Published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, December 2024 , Published in Pain Management, June 2023 , Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 2024 , Published in JAMA Network Open, January 2025 /episode/index/show/04d7d5a4-a39c-412b-9518-874693f6aed2/id/36433615

Compass Opioid Stewardship Coaches Top 5 Podcast

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