Kwamesha Joseph

Emerging evidence suggests that gender disparities exist in both access to and retention in methadone treatment programs in low income communities.

Most qualifying conditions for which patients are licensed to use cannabis medically have substantial or conclusive evidence of therapeutic efficacy.

Implementation of a novel enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol can reduce patients’ postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal or peripheral nerve surgery.

Parents are conflicted about the use of prescribed opioids in children, with most concerned about side effects and risks but believing opioids are the most effective option for managing pain.

Opioids may be overprescribed to children after orthopedic surgery for supracondylar humerus fractures.