Suicide Due to Pain and a $7 Million Settlement
A crucial precedent has just been set. Brent Sloane took his life in 2017 due to a lack of pain medication, and his family decided to sue. In August of 2021 that family was awarded $7 million. Brent Sloane’s family said he ended his life because a doctor denied his prescription for opioid medication that […]
Judge Ruled Against the Plaintiffs in Opioid Litigation in California
An article in Reason came out yesterday about the ruling for the Defendants (four drug companies-Teva, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie, and Endo) in opioid litigation. This is huge for our community. The Judge said the Plaintiffs failed to prove the charges of public nuisance and false advertising. Superior Court Judge, Peter J. Wilson wrote a 42 page ruling. […]
Updated/Expanded CDC Guideline Information
As many of you know, the 2016 CDC Opioid Guidelines have caused harm to many. Whether the guidelines themselves are the problem or if they have just been misapplied has been widely discussed by experts. In July 2021, the CDC released their draft of the updated opioid guidelines. We explained it all in detail in our […]
Why did a govt. agency (CDC ORRP) call us and demand we remove social media content?
Summary of our dramatic interaction with CDC’s Opioid Rapid Response Program (ORRP) Our other researcher, Carrie Judy, and I (Bev) initially heard about ORRP from a hearing transcript and a podcast interviewing a DEA agent. ARPO’s efforts are not exclusively prosecutorial, however. Rapid response teams within the strike force work with HHS to ensure that persons physically dependent on […]
Supreme Court Ruan – ruled in our favor 9-0!
SCOTUS sides with the petitioner and Health Law Professors in Ruan v. United States 9-0! As explained by Jennifer Oliva: The bottom line is that the DEA can no longer say “we think this exceeds the legitimate bounds of medical practice” and then put on their paid experts. INSTEAD, they must prove beyond a reasonable […]
Comment on DPF’s Citizen Petition to FDA -NarxCare – A Secret Score May Be Denying You Care—Take Action Now! Call to Action!
Help Us Hold Bamboo Health Accountable—Submit a Comment to the FDA! 🚨 NarxCare is secretly scoring patients, leading to prescription denials, forced tapers, and even refusal of medical care. The Doctor Patient Forum has filed an FDA Citizen Petition demanding transparency, oversight, and regulation of this dangerous system. 🛑 Now, we need YOU to take action. The FDA is accepting public comments until May […]
FDA Meeting 5/5/25 – Postmarketing Review Studies – Explained
UPDATE: We removed the call to action since the deadline passed. The meeting is 5/5/25. Here is the link with the meeting information including link to watch the all-day meeting and study results. We will post an update after the meeting. What’s Going On With the FDA’s Opioid PMR Docket — And Why It Matters We wanted to share something […]