Amy Oestreicher

Oct 13, 2023 | kevinmd.com | L. Joseph Parker |Tom Bowen |Amy Oestreicher |Emily Watters

Did you know that promethazine with codeine cough syrup had a high risk of diversion and high risk of addiction? I didn’t. From my experience, this is the only effective prescription cough medicine available. Sure, you can prescribe what is essentially over-the-counter dextromethorphan. But be ready when the patient throws a fit because that’s what they’ve been using for the last several days or weeks, and it wasn’t effective. Tessalon Perles help some people but not many and not very well.

Aug 31, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Amy Oestreicher |Martha Rosenberg |Charles Saylor |Jacob M. Appel

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes!Join Lynn Marie Morski, a physician, attorney, and president of the Psychedelic Medicine Association. We’ll explore the historical roots of psilocybin, its emerging clinical applications, safety considerations, and the role of health care professionals in educating patients. Lynn Marie Morski is a physician, attorney, and president, Psychedelic Medicine Association.

Jun 26, 2023 | kevinmd.com | William Lynes |Martha Rosenberg |Amanda Xi |Amy Oestreicher

I am a physician, specifically a urologist. However, what most people do not know about me is that I am a survivor of multiple suicide attempts. My essay attempts to tell my personal story—a story of burnout, mental illness, and suicide—and to discuss the shame that accompanied these experiences. I completed my urologic residency in 1987 at Stanford University and began practicing with the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Riverside, California.

Mar 27, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Michele Luckenbaugh |Amy Oestreicher |Toni Bernhard |Christy Huff

Life keeps buffeting the patient diagnosed with several chronic conditions, like continuous incoming and outgoing mammoth ocean waves flooding over one’s body, raising you high up into the air and then sucking you downward, a struggle to keep your head above the water for survival. There is no rest, true calmness, or time to catch your breath.