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PROP Says Pain Patients Are Addicted. The FDA Data Tell a Different Story.

Find us on Patreon.com/thedoctorpatientforum What happens when federally mandated opioid safety studies finally produce data that don’t fit the narrative we’ve been hear

Pain Patients Were Right: The “It’s All in Your Head” Narrative Is Falling Apart

This episode was originally released as an exclusive Patreon video, but in the current climate, we believe it is too important to keep behind a paywall. Pain patients ar

How Litigation Wins Become Pt Losses - When Grief Becomes a Weapon and Patients Become Collateral

After years of hearing the same opioid presentation from Andrew Kolodny, something changed — kratom suddenly became the “next crisis.”That wasn’t random.In this video, I

ACEs & the Opioid Risk Tool Explained | How Trauma History Is Used to Flag Patients and Deny Pain Care

This episode breaks down ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) — what these tools were actually designed for, and how they’re often misappli

The Dismantling of Pain Care by Addiction Medicine, And the Patients Sacrificed. A Decade of Harm.

This episode documents how pain care in the United States was dismantled, not accidentally, but through deliberate policy choices that elevated addiction medicine over pa

Why Pain Patients Became the Villains of the Opioid Crisis - Episode 58

Why are pain patients treated like criminals, while people on Suboxone are celebrated as brave survivors?This isn’t just stigma, it’s a system. One that quietly rewrote t

20+ Yrs Fighting Opioid Myths, Dr. Chad Kollas on the FDA’s Latest Move

Dr. Chad Kollas has spent more than two decades challenging myths and misinformation about opioids in pain care. In this episode, he joins us to break down the FDA’s late

Scored. Flagged. Medically Abandoned. Forgotten. Unveiling NarxCare: The Hidden Scoring System in Your Medical Records

🎙️ Episode 56 Scored. Flagged. Medically Abandoned. Forgotten. Unveiling NarxCare: The Hidden Scoring System in Your Medical Records This is a rerelease of a 2022 podca

Prescription for Disaster: The Untold Truth of CDC’s Opioid Guidelines and their Fatal Impact: A CDC Physician's Person Account

In this conversation, Claudia, Bev, and Dr. Charles LeBaron discuss his experience with a severe painful illness. After he struggled accessing opioids, he started investi

"It Is a Privilege To Treat a Patient" with Dr. David Alfery - Episode 54

Dr. David Alfery's Bio Dr. David Alfery was raised in the North but moved to Louisiana to attend Tulane University where he graduated with a BA degree in English.  He th

Rerelease of "I Failed My Drug Test, But It's Wrong, Now What"? Episode 53

The audio of this podcast was originally posted on 11/2/23. This is the video version. We are posting this again because one of the most common questions we get have to d

A Medical Witch Hunt Leads to 87 Months in Prison

Dr. Joe Parker is our guest. Listen to what led to his prison sentence. Dr. Parker's Bio Dr. Joseph Parker’s career spans the fields of science, military service, and

Stigma Part 3 - "The Goal is to Force Taper Every Single Pain Patient Down to Zero" Episode 51

Episode 51 Stigma Part 3 - "The Goal is to Force Taper Every Single Pain Patient Down to Zero" We show using clips the disparity between how experts teach doctors to tr

Choosing Hospice to Access Pain Relief, Darren's Story - Episode 50

Episode 50 We interview Kara Cook about her study about the Controlled Substance Act and unintended harms. Kara's brother-in-law, Darren, tragically lost his life at 40

Stigma Part 2 "Pain Patients Are Lying Manipulative Malingerers Who Need a Priest Not a Doctor" - Episode 49

This is Part 2 of our stigma series. "Pain Patients Are Lying Manipulative Malingerers Who Need a Priest, Not a Doctor." We show an addiction doctor discussing stigma in

Patient Abandonment Due to the Feds in North Dakota - Episode 48

Bev talks to Beth Steckler about the large amounts of patients who are newly abandoned in North Dakota. A clinic's prescriber lost her ability to prescribe due to the Fe

The Professional Gaslighters - Stigma Series -Part 1 - Episode 46

This is part 1 in our stigma series. Brandy Novicka recently joined our team at The Doctor Patient Forum. Brandy is a resilient spinal advocate living with multiple cond

Converting Advocacy Into a Crime With Jacob Sullum - Episode 45

If you would like to contact Jacob, please email him at: Jsullum@reason.com Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist. He

Crossing the Feds With Atty. Ron Chapman -Episode 44

Atty. Ron Champan's bio Atty Ron Chapman’s trial background, health care experience, and strategic approach to litigation make him a highly sought-after health care defe

The Suicide Study - Dr. Stefan Kertesz - Episode 43

Dr. Stefan Kertesz' Bio: Stefan Kertesz is a physician at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since