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Reshaping opioid policies: a patient advocate’s call [PODCAST]

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Join patient advocate Richard A. Lawhern as he challenges prevailing myths surrounding the opioid crisis. With insights from medical literature, he questions the link between opioid prescribing and toxicity, highlighting the need for evidence-based public health policies. Learn about the human toll of opioid restrictions and explore alternatives for severe chronic pain management.

Richard A. Lawhern is a patient advocate.

He discusses the KevinMD article, “Everything the government thinks it knows about the opioid crisis is wrong.”

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