Welcome to the American Family Physician Podcast for the June 15th, 2016 issue.

I'm Steve.

I'm Kelsey.

I'm Luke.

I'm Jake.

I'm Megan.

We are residents and faculty, mostly residents from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Family Medicine Residency.

In this issue of the podcast,

we're going to talk about opioids, ruling out MI with troponin, evaluation of the painful eye,

a new drug for insomnia, and decreasing antibiotic prescribing. The opinions expressed in the

podcast are our own and do not represent the opinions of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the editor of American Family Physician or Banner Health.

Do not use this podcast for medical advice. Instead, see your own family doctor for medical care.

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First on the podcast this month, we're going to talk about opioids.

This is obviously a hot topic.

And for decades, we've, as family physicians, have really been encouraged to

use opioids to manage chronic pain. And it turns out that really the evidence is based on

uncontrolled studies reporting low rates of addiction. Most trials of opioids for chronic pain

are only six weeks in length. And we've learned more and more about the harms of opioids for chronic pain are only six weeks in length.

And we've learned more and more about the harms of opioids.

And to the point where people are now calling this an epidemic.

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