Podcast: FDA Finally Listening to Reason on Opioids?

By Cameron English and ChuckDinerstein — Oct 15, 2024

Pain patient advocates recently made their case to the FDA during agency listening sessions, arguing that the federal government has launched an unjustified crusade against prescription opioids. Rather than reduce overdose deaths or drug abuse, the nationwide crackdown on painkillers has only left millions of patients to suffer without recourse. Are regulators finally waking up to this reality?

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Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 95 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Finally, Someone is Listening to People in Pain!

With "The Real Opioid Crisis in Three Charts," a patient advocacy group has briefed senior FDA officials on major changes needed in public health policy for the regulation of prescription opioid pain relievers, and doctors who prescribe them. Perhaps now someone is truly listening to people in pain.

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Cameron English

Director of Bioscience

Cameron English is a writer, editor and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining ACSH, he was managing editor at the Genetic Literacy Project.