Dr. Christo on Good Day LA: Linking the pandemic’s impact with opioid abuse
Dr. Paul Christo serves as Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined Good Day LA to discuss linking the pandemic with a troubling trend in the opioid...
Dr. Christo on MSNBC: Explains why drug overdose deaths soared to record 93,000 amid pandemic
NBC's Kate Snow, who has covered the opioid crisis for years, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Associate Professor, Dr. Paul Christo, joined Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the drastic spike in drug overdose deaths last year amid the coronavirus pandemic....
Dr. Christo on FOX 24 News Now: The Opioid Epidemic and COVID
We Skype with Dr. Paul Christo, director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins University on how COVID-19, quarantine, and the stresses of the past year have contributed to a resurgence in opioid abuse in America, and where we go from...
Oregon’s record spike in deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19 and ‘collateral damage’
Read about Oregon's spike in deaths featuring an interview with Dr. Paul Christo about the pandemic and it's lasting effects. Originally published in the...
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome, Part II
It’s been called the benzodiazepine injury syndrome. Patients who stop using benzodiazepines may not go through a simple, acute withdrawal process. Instead, 10-15% of patients may experience a new, unexplained illness, leading to severe and disabling symptoms....
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome, Part I
It’s been called the benzodiazepine injury syndrome. Patients who stop using benzodiazepines may not go through a simple, acute withdrawal process. Instead, 10-15% of patients may experience a new, unexplained illness, leading to severe and disabling symptoms....
Review of the Current State of Urine Drug Testing in Chronic Pain: Still Effective as a Clinical Tool and Curbing Abuse, or an Arcane Test?
Regardless of experience or training background, physicians and healthcare providers can much more adequately assess opioid therapy with the aid of Urine Drug Testing, which often requires confirmatory testing by a laboratory for clinical and therapeutic...
Opioid Crisis & COVID-19 | How the pandemic affects those struggling with addiction
NewsNOW from FOX's Rain Augustine speaks with Dr. Paul Christo of Johns Hopkins University on how the pandemic affects those struggling with...
ABC-7 at Four: Dr. Paul Christo
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