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PROP Says Pain Patients Are Addicted. The FDA Data Tell a Different Story.

September 10, 2026

Find us on Patreon.com/thedoctorpatientforumWhat happens when federally mandated opioid safety studies finally produce data that don’t fit the narrative we’ve been hearing for more than a decade?In this video, we break down the FDA’s May 5, 2025 opioid meeting, the Postmarketing Requirement studies that led to it, PROP’s influence over the conversation, and the fight over how chronic pain patients are diagnosed with opioid use disorder.At the center of this story is a staggering discrepancy: ...

Pain Patients Were Right: The “It’s All in Your Head” Narrative Is Falling Apart

June 02, 2026

This episode was originally released as an exclusive Patreon video, but in the current climate, we believe it is too important to keep behind a paywall.Pain patients are increasingly being told their pain is “centralized,” “neuroplastic,” “psychological,” or simply “in the brain.” But what does that actually mean? And if a clinician claims someone’s physical pain is psychological, what diagnostic criteria are they using?In this conversation, Bev and Brandy speak with Asaf Weisman, a physiothe...

How Litigation Wins Become Pt Losses - When Grief Becomes a Weapon and Patients Become Collateral

February 21, 2026

After years of hearing the same opioid presentation from Andrew Kolodny, something changed — kratom suddenly became the “next crisis.”That wasn’t random.In this video, I break down:• How mass-tort litigation narratives are built• How experts, media, and parent groups align• How settlement money shapes policy messaging• Why kratom is being framed like opioids were• And who gets harmed when the machine movesWe’ve seen this before.First tobacco.Then prescription opioids.Then JUUL.Now cannabis an...