Does your pain clinic currently allow the use of cannabis in combination with opioid medication? If so, has a maximum THC threshold been identified? How have your patients responded to such treatment?
Peter David Pacheco, RPh, PA-C
Peter David Pacheco, RPH, PHC., PA-C, CAAAPM, attended and graduated from the University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy in 1995 and from the School of Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) Program in 2000. He is a licensed Pharmacist, Pharmacist Clinician and a Physician Assistant with the state of New Mexico. Upon graduation from PA school in 2000, he entered the VA Health Care System where he spent 8 years in a dedicated pain clinic. After a promotion to Formulary Manager and Pharmacoeconomist with the VA, he continued to work an additional 4 years in addiction medicine treating chronic pain patients. He has taught medical and pharmacy students as a preceptor for the College of Pharmacy at the University of New Mexico since 2001 and has lectured on the subject of chronic pain medication management numerous times at state and national conferences. With Southwest Interventional Pain Specialists in Albuquerque, New Mexico, P. David Pacheco continues his focus on pain management, specifically medication management, for chronic pain patients.
