The Doctor Patient Forum

If you missed part 1, please listen here . Kacey, a NC patient, recorded her appt with her doctor because he was dismissing her and she didn't know why. Listen to the recording of her appointment and then listen to Kacey explain how she felt when she was being treated this way. This is part 2, which is a recording of her next appointment with a new pain doctor. If you'd like to see the ful...

Episode 35 What is ORRP? Do they help patients find continuity of care when patients lose their doctors? Why did they ban CPP advocates from their webinar with Project Echo? The following links were mentioned: ORRP - Pre-request for proposal ORRP information on CDC's website Cover2Resources- ORRP ARPO podcast Please consider subscribing to our Patreon Page - ⁠https://www.patreon.com/thedoctorp...

Kacey, a NC patient, recorded her appt with her doctor because he was dismissing her and she didn't know why. Listen to the recording of her appointment and then listen to Kacey explain how she felt when she was being treated this way. Here is the video where we discussed ORRP/Project Echo and how they banned us from their webinar If you'd like to see the full video of this podcast - inclu...

Claudia and Bev interview Dennis James Capolongo. Dennis is a retired patient advocate and former director of the EDNC in Washington DC. His 25 year career as a photojournalist came to an abrupt end after having been misdiagnosed with a disc herniation for minor hip pain in 2001. Unfortunately this led to a calamity of errors resulting in two subdural epidural steroid injections using Pfizer's...

Netflix released another nonsense series about the Sacklers called Painkiller. Cameron English , a journalist from ACSH, published an amazing article calling them out on their lies. Cameron breaks it down for us. Cameron's links: Twitter @camjenglish Podcast: Science Facts & Fallacies If you'd like to see the video of this episode including before and after the podcast discussion, plea...

It's hard to believe it's been an entire year since we launched our podcast. In that year, we've had over 20,000 listens! We are so grateful to everyone who listens and supports us. This is Part 2 of a look back at every episode. The link to our Patreon page is ⁠patreon.com/thedoctorpatientforum⁠ Disclaimer: The information in this podcast is not to be considered medical or legal advic...

It's hard to believe it's been an entire year since we launched our podcast. In that year, we've had over 20,000 listens! We are so grateful to everyone who listens and supports us. This is Part 1 of a look back at every episode. The link to our Patreon page is patreon.com/thedoctorpatientforum Disclaimer: The information in this podcast is not to be considered medical or legal advice

Listen to Claudia and Bev discuss how The Doctor Patient Forum began and where we go from here. Some things DPF is working on: Updated website Video podcasts Reaction videos to Dopesick If DPF has ever helped you in any way, please consider donating . Even $1 per month helps! We need funding to take the next step in effecting change.

Marissa Cors is a fierce Sickle Cell Disease advocate. She is a 5th generation SCD Warrior and her family has a non profit called Axis Advocacy . We first heard about Marissa when one of her Tik Tok videos went viral about a SCD patient, Brittany. Brittany was horribly mistreated, and recorded her mistreatment. Brittany sadly lost her life to SCD. Marissa was her advocate. Marissa's Tik Tok ch...

Dr. Carl Hart was a guest on our podcast earlier this year. Here is the link to the episode, in case you missed it. Dr. Hart contacted us last week with some very exciting news! He asked us to help him co-edit a medical journal. This is such a huge opportunity and we are grateful we will be able to bring attention to the suffering of CPP's.

Dr. Jay Joshi recently released his book, Burden of Pain . Dr. Joshi is a Primary Care Physician and spent almost a year behind bars after an undercover DEA agent went to his office. "Dr. Joshi writes regularly on his website, Daily Remedy (www.daily-remedy.com), a trusted source of editorialized healthcare content for both patients and healthcare policy experts. He has published articles on...

Claudia and Bev explain the OPAL Study that just came out of Australia. This link from our website contains all of the up-to-date information and all of the links we mention in this episode. We are planning on doing a follow-up podcast episode with Dr. Chad Kollas, from DPF Board. Links to audio clips in this episode: ABC Australia news clip Clip about long-acting med - Launch of the Opioid Analge...

Claudia and Bev interview Pharmacist Matt from Tik Tok. In case you missed our first episode with Matt, here is the link . Claudia, Matt, and Bev address the drug shortages. Bev interviews a patient who has been affected by this and reads posts from The Doctor Patient Forum Facebook page . Matt is a community pharmacist who works at a local independent pharmacy. His goal with Tik Tok is to basical...

Claudia and Bev interview the amazing advocate, Beth Steckler. Her husband had a disease called PRSS1, and both of their children inherited it. Her daughter had a whipple procedure when she was just in first grade. Both of her children have been horribly abused in the health care system, which isn't uncommon in these days of opioid elimination. Listen to Beth discuss the heartbreaking abuse he...

This is part 2 of our interview with Dr. Josh Bloom. Here is part 1 , in case you missed it. In this podcast, we discuss Tylenol for post-op pain. Is it actually as good as opioids? We interview a pain patient who was offered Tylenol only for breast cancer surgery. We also discuss suicide due to pain. Links discussed in this episode Debate with Dr. Singer and Dr. Fugh-Berman Article about this deb...

Listen to part 1 of DPF's interview with Dr. Josh Bloom. Why are so many pain patients put on Gabapentin? Does it work? Why are so many being prescribed Gabapentin all of a sudden? What are some of the possible side effects? Listen to some patient stories about Gabapentin. Stay tuned for Part 2 with Josh Bloom. Josh Bloom's bio: "Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Josh Bloom earn...

We are very excited to announce that DPF will be launching a Patreon page very soon! What does this mean for everything we have offered like our website, podcast, and social media pages? Everything will stay the same! We will continue to publish our regular DPF podcasts, our FB groups will all remain the same, and we are working on an updated website as we speak. Patreon will be an addition to wha...

Claudia and Bev discuss the updated CDC Guidelines with Dr. Sarah from Maryland. They answer the following questions: Is it an improvement? Are the 2022 Guidelines more or less restrictive? Will it help pain patients? Were limits from the 2016 Guidelines a misapplication or was it intentional? Did the CDC violate their own guidelines on how to create guidelines? Links from discussion: Telebriefing...

Why is my doctor afraid to prescribe?   Bev discusses a recent webinar by BJA TTAC - COSSAP - Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Resource Center. Link to their website and webinars The Doctor Patient Forum's Podcast Episodes on: Red Flags/Drug-Seeking Behavior PDMP/NarxCare - Part 1 PDMP/NarxCare - Part 2 PDMP/NarxCare - Part 3 PDMP/Nar...

Mark Scheeren and his colleague, Michelle Dunbar, developed the Freedom Model of Addiction. Listen as Claudia and Bev discuss this, agreeing on some things and disagreeing on others. It's always interesting to listen to different points of view. Both Mark and Michelle have struggled with addiction.  Is addiction a brain disease? Can someone recover? Is medication always needed to stop using s...

"Jeffrey A. Singer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is President Emeritus and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona and has been in private practice as a general surgeon for more than 35 years. He is also a visiting fellow at the Goldwater Instit...

On November 7, 2022 chronic pain patient, Danny Elliot and his wife Gretchen, tragically took their lives after the DEA shut down Danny's doctor. Listen to our podcast from November 13, 2022 discussing Danny and Gretchen's suicides . We interview Danny's brother, Jim Elliot. Jim talks about Danny's life, his accident that caused his severe intractable pain, and what Danny was like when he had adeq...

Claudia and Bev interview Dr. Carl Hart. We discuss how pain patients are being harmed by horrible drug policy. Dr. Hart discusses his view of anti-opioid zealots like Dr. Andrew Kolodny and offers to use his platform to help us fight for pain patients.  I took this bio from his website, drcarlhart.com "Carl Hart is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at  Columbia University . He i...

Danny Elliot was a chronic pain patient who has been vocal on Twitter about what it was like for him after he lost his doctor because of actions of the DEA. Danny lost his doctor a few weeks ago for the third time due to the DEA. Where was the CDC's Opioid Rapid Response Program? The following article in Pain News Network gives a bit more detail. DEA Suspension of Doctor's License Leads to Do...

This is part 4 in our NarxCare/PDMP series. We interview Jacob James Rich. This episode focuses on PDMP harms, law enforcement's access to the PDMP, and whether HIPAA protects patients from PDMP data being shared. Jacob James Rich is a researcher. Jacob works as an analyst for Reason Foundation, focusing on healthcare policy. He has written extensively on drug policy topics, such as the conseq...