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All articles by Red Lawhern
Prescription Opioid Analgesics are Safe and Effective for Pain But For Millions of Acute and Chronic Patients, NSAIDs Are Not
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Apr 2, 2026
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My Letter to the Mayo Clinic
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Nov 4, 2024
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In Defense of Doctors Who Treat Pain
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Sep 24, 2024
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Finally, Someone is Listening to People in Pain!
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Jul 30, 2024
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A Message Our Government Doesn’t Want to Hear
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Nov 1, 2023
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It is Time for CDC to "Get Out Of Dodge" Concerning Public Policy for Pain Care
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May 9, 2023
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Oregon Medical Board Should Resign – or Be Fired
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Apr 12, 2023
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Doctors Prescribing to Their Patients Did Not Create the US Opioid Crisis
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Jan 9, 2023
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CDC's Revised Opioid Guidelines: Devil is in the Details
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Mar 10, 2022
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Time for Heads to Roll at the US National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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Aug 26, 2021
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Torture Data for Long Enough, You Can Make It Say Anything
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Feb 21, 2021
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Time to Revise the CDC ‘Get Informed’ Web Page
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Sep 9, 2020
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The Other Side of the Opioid Controversy (Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds)
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Dec 3, 2019
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Often Mistaken But Never in Doubt. Dr. Debra Houry and CDC Guidelines on Opioid Prescription in Chronic Pain
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Oct 28, 2019
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Suicide and the 'Opioid Crisis'
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Oct 3, 2019
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Pain Patient’s Death Was State-Sanctioned Torture
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Mar 19, 2019
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In HHS Task Force Pain Recommendations, a Missing Dimension
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Mar 6, 2019
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One Opioid Crisis or Many?
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May 14, 2018
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Sometimes the Journal of the AMA Gets It Wrong! And so do careless journalists.
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Mar 21, 2018
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The CDC Opioid Guidelines Violate Standards of Science Research
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Mar 25, 2017
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Doctors and Legislators: Listen to Patients, Not the CDC
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Jan 24, 2017
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Searching for Alternatives to Opioids -Way Too Late
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Jan 10, 2017
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