PPP045 - Why Tramadol sucks with Dr Dave Juurlink

10/03/2018 30 min Episodio 45
PPP045 - Why Tramadol sucks with Dr Dave Juurlink

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Episode Synopsis

Dan is joined by eminent physician, pharmacologist and former pharmacist Prof  Dave Juurlink from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. We talk about: Why Tramadol is a bad choice of analgesia Why Codeine upscheduling is a good idea for Canada and Australia How scheduling impacts medication choice How a 100-word "paper" in NEJM contributed to the opioid epidemic