Videos/Slide Presentations/Audio
- Eyes Wide Open: A Canadian Discussion to Reduce Opioid-Related Harms; Join us for a special Webinar Series, March, 2013.
- Concern over Prescription Opioids in Canada Dr. David Juurlink & Dianne Bailey – CBC Radio Info A.M., Nova Scotia, March 11, 2013.
- Best Advice for People Taking Opioid Medication March 1, 2013 Dr. Mike Evans, Associate Professor of Family Medicine & Public Health at the University of Toronto, Staff Physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, & Director of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON.
- Pain, Culture, Opioids: What if Pain was a Verb? University of Washington Pain Specialist Alex Cahana at TEDx Bellevue
- Deaths from Prescription Drug Overdoses Skyrocket, Aired December 31, 2012 – ‘Today Show’
- Presentation slides from the National Summit on Opioid Safety; November 1, 2012
- This video features two patients who were once used by Purdue Pharma as OxyContin “success stories” in a promotional video. The video follows up on these patients to see how things turned out several years later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtSvHb_PRk&feature=youtube_gdata_player The video tells part of a larger story that is covered in the following article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by John Fauber and Ellen Gabler, which ran on September 9, 2012 http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/what-happened-to-the-poster-children-of-oxycontin-r65r0lo-169056206.html
- Effectiveness for Chronic Pain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Y3TQUsH4k This video features interviews with Drs. Mark Sullivan, Alex Cahana and Gilbert Fanciullo. The primary goal is to communicate that long-term opioid therapy is not an evidence-based treatment for chronic pain.
- Addiction is NOT Rare in Pain Patients http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyuBWN9D4w This video has been revised and now features a clip of CDC Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, interviews with Drs. Russell Portenoy*, Nathaniel Katz*, Andrew Kolodny and Thomas Kosten. The purpose is to communicate that pain patients can become addicted to opioids and that misinformation on this topic played a role in causing the epidemic.
- High Dose Opioid Therapy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kso2zSxgcE This video has been revised and now features Dr. Lynn Webster*, President-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. It also includes Betty Tully and Drs. Jane Ballantyne, and Thomas Kosten. The purpose of this video is to correct the misperception that there is no upper dose limit for opioid therapy and to communicate that high dose prescribing is a dangerous practice.
- Understanding Physical Dependence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILIJ9VyWAU This video has been revised and now features Dr. Mark Sullivan from the University of Washington. It also includes Betty Tully and Drs. Jane Ballantyne, and Thomas Kosten. The purpose of this video is help prescribers and the public better understand the meaning of the term physical dependence and to correct the misperception that physical dependence on opioids is benign and clinically unimportant. Asterisks (*) indicates that speaker has relationships with opioid manufacturers.
- Nation’s Overdose by Tracy Smith 10-16-11 CBS Sunday Morning – YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QUPmD5Sa8U
- Prescription Drug Abuse, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, BK Independent TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgW7iAQoNM4
- Canadian Mom Speaks Out
- Dr. Petros Levounis, Member of ARPO’s Medical Advisory Board, on ABC News, April 20, 2011 (Link to video)
- The Face of Addiction http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q6JqSOcfmn0
