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Millie Mattered Advocacy Drug Epidemic Walks   -Outreach & Awareness in Louisiana

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PDF versions of the PowerPoint presentations follow. References and related resources may also be available here.

 Discussion led by Faculty/Presenter: Lee Michals, MD: Article; Spencer AE, et.al. Principles of Care for Young Adults With Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. Pediatrics. 2021 Jan;147(Suppl 2):229-239. PMCID: PMC8276159. - (August 15, 2024) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8276159/

Buprenorphine Micro-inductions.(8-1-2024) - Dr. Troy Davis, Tulane Addiction Medicine Fellow.

Legalized Cannabis in Colorado Emergency Departments: A Cautionary Review of Negative Health and Safety Effects (July 25, 2024) - Dr. Lee Michals, addiction and psychiatry specialist from the Tulane School of Medicine.  

Presentation - Louisiana State Opioid Response (LaSOR) Project with LSUHSC-NO (July 18, 2024). - Adam D’Arensbourg QAM LPC, and his colleague Michelle Hamrick LCSW BACS. Michelle serves as the Program Manager and Adam is the Quality Assurance Manager. 
 

Simplified Treatment of Hepatitis C in Primary Care or Addiction Treatment Settings (July 11, 2024) - facilitator, Dr. Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, who is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine and works primarily as a consultant and clinical educator with per diem Hospitalist shifts in Maine

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No meeting - Happy 4th  

CDC / NACCHO pilot project - HRAD-  Harm Reduction and Academic Detailing - Alosa Health (June 27, 2024) - facilitator, Dr. Katarina Frank, MD, PhD,   Alosa Health Clinical Educator

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resource on Doxy-PEP from Brandon Mizroch's presentation :

• Doxycycline Use by Pregnant and Lactating Women
• Doxycycline use and adverse pregnancy or neonatal outcomes

• Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (Federal Register) - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-02/pdf/2024-01693.pdf

"Expanding buprenorphine prescribing: Community and clinician interventions" (March 14, 2024)

 "Post Hospitalization Transition of Care Models for SUD" presented by Dr. Lee Michals. (March 7, 2024)

Byregowda, H., Alinsky, R., Wang, X., & Johnson, R. M. (2023). Non-medical prescription opioid use among high school students in 38 U.S. States. Addictive behaviors reports, 17, 100498.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234833/

Research into the development of a Fentanyl Vaccine | Brainstorming application of a possible Fentanyl Vaccine (June 8, 2023) - Kathryn Germeraad, DO,  Addiction Medicine Fellow, Tulane

Sleep Deficiency and Opioid Use Disorder: Trajectory, Mechanisms, and Interventions) - (May 25, 2023) /  Stephen D. Milhollin, DO MPH , Addiction Medicine Fellow, Tulane

Langstengel J, Yaggi HK. Sleep Deficiency and Opioid Use Disorder: Trajectory, Mechanisms, and Interventions. Clin Chest Med. 2022 Jun;43(2):e1-e14. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.05.001. PMID: 35659031; PMCID: PMC10018646.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35659031/

Case study-  Research Chemical and Opioid Use Disorder  (May 11, 2023)
Kathryn Davis Germeraad, DO, Tulane Addiction Medicine Fellow  

Baumann MH, Tocco G, Papsun DM, Mohr AL, Fogarty MF, Krotulski AJ. U-47700 and Its Analogs: Non-Fentanyl Synthetic Opioids Impacting the Recreational Drug Market. Brain Sci. 2020 Nov 23;10(11):895. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110895. PMID: 33238449; PMCID: PMC7700279.

Harm Reduction (Fentanyl Strip Use) - (February 23, 2023) /  Dr. Muhammad Basit, Addiction Medicine Fellow, Tulane

Case presentation -   Fentanyl-laced cocaine - Harm reduction using fentanyl strips

• PubMed Search -  fentanyl test strips 

• What the Fentanyl? / Dr. Limbaugh (May 5, 2022)
• Microdosing Inductions / Dr. Limbaugh  (May 12, 2022)
•  Macrodosing Patients /  Dr. Limbaugh  (May 19, 2022)
• OUD Therapy in Pregnancy   Dr. Limbaugh  (May 26, 2022)

 American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) - Advocacy