548: Street Drugs and Dentistry - Thomas A. Viola, R.Ph, C.C.P. - a podcast by ACT Dental
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Street Drugs and Dentistry
Episode #548 with Thomas A. Viola, R.Ph, C.C.P.
Patients don't always tell you about the drugs they take. This is potentially dangerous — even fatal. Drug education is the best way to protect them, and Kirk Behrendt brings back Tom Viola, “Mr. Pharmacology” and founder of Pharmacology Declassified, to share critical information about popular drugs that can affect patients while they're in your chair. Learn more about the drugs that people take, and you can start to save more lives! To learn what dental school never taught you about drugs, listen to Episode 548 of The Best Practices Show!
Episode Resources:
- Tom’s website: https://www.tomviola.com
- Tom’s podcasts: https://www.tomviola.com/category/podcasts
- Tom’s email: tom@tomviola.com
- Tom’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomviolarph
- Tom’s social media: @pharmacologydeclassified
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Links Mentioned in This Episode:
NIH: https://www.nih.gov
Chicago Midwinter Meeting schedule: https://www.cds.org
Hinman Dental Meeting schedule: https://hinman.org/Education-Events/Courses
Greater New York Dental Meeting schedule: https://www.gnydm.com
Star of the North Meeting schedule: https://star.mndental.org
Main Takeaways:
People today have greater access to drugs.
Educate yourself on common and popular substances.
Patients don't always tell you every drug and medication they take.
Use verbal skills when asking patients about substance use or abuse.
Know how to detect substance abuse in your patients and get them help.
Quotes:
“Pharmacology is like the Rosetta Stone. If you know a patient’s medications, you know everything about them. All you need to have is a list of medications and a working knowledge of pharmacology, and you've got everything you need to fill in that medical history with everything that's important for today and for the future, as far as treating that patient. So, it’s building treatment plans and it’s building the rapport, but it’s treating the patient as safely as possible.” (2:42—3:07)
“Twenty-five years ago, when I first got started
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