21st Century Pain Solutions

Did you know that behind the decisions of legislators there are many people paying the consequences? Sometimes, laws associated with health services, which real objective is to reduce critical problems related to them, can strongly affect patients and the way they face their diseases. Dr. Juan Hincapie Castillo joins us to discuss the restriction of opioids medications and both positive and negative consequences that this legislative decision has on the general population. He will also talk about the actual problem of illicit opioid overdoses, the use of fentanyl substances and what are the trends that are happening while these laws are implemented. Dr. Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo, Pharm.D, M.S., Ph.D., joined the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy as an assistant professor in 2019. He has received the degrees of Doctor of Pharmacy (2013), Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2017), and Ph.D. with a concentration in Pharmacoepidemiology (2019) at the University of Florida College of Phar