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Opioid epidemic, leading cause of death in america for people under the age of 50, and more are discussed in this episode with two doctors and experts looking at the American Pain Management problem.
What the Department of Health and Human services has to say:
What is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?
What the Department of Health and Human services has to say:
- In the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to opioid pain relievers and healthcare providers began to prescribe them at greater rates.
- Increased prescription of opioid medications led to widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioids before it became clear that these medications could indeed be highly addictive.
- In 2017 HHS declared a public health emergency and announced a 5-Point Strategy To Combat the Opioid Crisis
Download the Opioid Epidemic in the U.S.
The Opioids By The Numbers” graphic and PDF are currently undergoing 508 review. Assistive technology users should email 508helpdesk@hhs.gov.
CDC Quick Facts on the Opioid Epidemic
Drug overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States.
- From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people have died from a drug overdose.
- Around 68% of the more than 70,200 drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.
- In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids like heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 times higher than in 1999.
- On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose
About Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP
“Dr. Linda Girgis MD, FAAFP, is a dedicated board-certified family physician in private practice in South River, New Jersey and its surrounding communities. She is a clinical assistant professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as well as a faculty member of CME courses at Harvard Medical School.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Dr. Girgis received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her residency at Sacred Heart Hospital, a program affiliated with Temple University, during which time she was recognized as intern of the year by the faculty.
Because of her commitment to excellence, Dr. Girgis has continued to earn awards and recognition from her peers and a variety of industry bodies, including:
• Most nominated Health IT Change Agent of 2015 by Health IT Outcomes
• Named one of the top 10 doctors to follow on Twitter by Compass Healthcare Redefined, October 2015
• Named one of the top 100 healthcare influencers by HealthJoy, September 2015
• Named one of the 10 doctors that others follow on twitter by MDigital Life February 2016
• Named one of the top 5 Women in Healthcare blogs in 2016 by Live Clinic.
• Named one of The Top 50 Health IT Blogs by HealthTech, 2017
She is a board member of Protect the Pecs Foundation as well as a medical advisory board member for Practicing Physicians for America. Additionally, she is a blogger for Physician’s Weekly, Physicians Practice, PlatformQ Health and MedicalPractice Insider, as well as a guest columnist for Medcity News, PM360 and Health IT Outcomes. She has published articles in several other media outlets. Dr. Girgis has written five books: Inside Our Broken Healthcare System, The War on Doctors, The Healthcare Apocalypse, Pandemic Rising and The Scent of Jasmine. She has been interviewed in US News, CNN, Reader’s Digest, on NBC Nightly News, and in many others.” Source
About Mahmud M. Ibrahim, M.D
Double Board Certified, Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Interventional Pain Management
After graduating from NYU School of Medicine, he went on to complete his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He then stayed on at Mount Sinai to complete a subspecialty in an ACGME-accredited fellowship that allowed him to subspecialize in Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine. Dr. Ibrahim is double-board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as in Sports Medicine.
Dr. Ibrahim was trained to perform a number of different fluoroscopic guided interventional pain management procedures. These include, but are not limited to: cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidurals, facet joint injections, sacroiliac joint injections, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation. He also uses ultrasound in order to diagnose and treat many common tendon, ligament, and nerve problems. His clinical interests include: musculoskeletal medicine, non-operative spine procedures, orthopedics, sports medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine, and regenerative therapy.
Dr. Ibrahim has published several articles on musculoskeletal medicine. He is also a contributing author in a textbook on how to perform ultrasound guided injections. Dr. Ibrahim has provided sideline coverage at football games, captained the medical tents at the NYC marathon, and was a ringside physician for the Golden Gloves Boxing tournament. Dr. Ibrahim’s goal is to restore function, reduce pain, and promote an active, healthy lifestyle using conservative measures whenever possible.
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Linda Girgis
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Recommended Book: The Healthcare Apocalypse: Why Doctors and Patients Need to Fight Back
Description: “The 21st Century brought in a transformation of the American healthcare system. While many other countries employ a national system of medical care, the US system is much more complex. In our form of healthcare exists capitalistic models, government models, third party intermediary models and hybrids of some or all of these. In my first book, “Inside Our Broken Healthcare System”, I explored how our current system fails and how patients and doctors are struggling in this system. Often, care is denied and doctors and patients are left frustrated. Out-of-pocket costs are soaring and healthcare is simply becoming unaffordable and unattainable for many people. In my second book, “The War on Doctors”, factors that are fighting healthcare workers are discussed. While many of these battles are directed at doctors, patients are the unwitting causalities in this war. Unless something changes, we are all headed to a crisis of epic proportion. The current book examines why doctors and patients need to take back medicine. Over the last several years, quality healthcare suffered at the hands of non-medically trained individuals driving healthcare policy and determining how to “reform” our healthcare system. The current climate in our system is bleak. Those holding the reins of medicine are politicians and business men. Huge profits are being made by high ranking CEO’s while tests and medications are increasing being denied for patients. We need to take back medicine from these forces that are in power. Patients need to be the center of all medical care, not the bottom line for insurance companies or agendas for politicians. Doctors need to be free to make medical decisions in collaboration with their patients, without intrusion from other parties. The 21st century is here. Medical care in the US should lead the world. No one compares to us in medical technology and innovation. Now, let’s make it affordable and available to all. Let’s work together to take back control of our own medical care.”