Opioids and osteoarthritis

Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS graduated from Princeton University in 1980, attended Yale Medical School, and completed a medical internship and residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a Rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received a Master’s Degree in 1990 at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Katz is currently Professor of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health.

On this episode we discuss: can opioids help for osteoarthritis, what are the risks of taking opioids, what are the long term risks of taking prescription opioid medication

Resources:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Opioid Overdose

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