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I’ll take credit for coining Tramadont but this is the handiwork of Chilla Wiersema, PharmD, BCEMP

Right now, a protest is underway at Brandeis University. A group of “pain patient advocates” want the university to fire Andrew Kolodny. This is a thread in support of Andrew and the essential work he has done. /1

I think Brandeis University should be proud to have on faculty someone like Andrew Kolodny, a person who for more than a decade has "fought the good fight" despite unrelenting personal attacks. Andrew, thank you. And please keep it up. / end

I admire my Brandeis colleague Andrew Kolodny. He has been active for years raising the alarm about the over-use of opioids. Yesterday the importance of his work was backhand-acknowledged via a very specific protest against him from a group of “pain patient activists”.

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A Brief History of Opioids in the U.S. magazine.jhsph.edu/2023/brief-his… Andrew Kolodny Industry Documents Library

Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds theconversation.com/opioids-dont-r… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

12/4 STAND wit NAN 💥. ⁦Nan Goldin⁩ ⁦PAIN⁩ #Dopesick #Painkiller #PurduePharma #oxycontin #SacklerCartel

Ketamine is NOT a psychedelic. It is a dissociative anesthetic. And it can be addictive. I've treated patients with ketamine use disorder, including a patient with injection use.

Ketamine is related to PCP. It is NOT similar to psilocybin, LSD & other psychedelics. It's a good drug used in medical settings for anesthesia but the increasing use for depression & other conditions is based on weak evidence and is cause for concern.

Sad news. What a huge loss. Sidney Wolfe, relentless consumer activist and FDA foe, dies at 86 washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Endo "was one of the worst actors in the opioid crisis" said Andrew Kolodny of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis University. trib.al/0wOhsbS

Interesting PharmedOut podcast on the #opioid crisis with guest Andrew Kolodny discussing industry marketing strategies like promoting pseudoaddiction open.spotify.com/episode/0EQznh…

Andrew Kolodny mentioned Richard Sackler’s 2001 email saying “We have to hammer on the abusers in every way possible” (an effort to blame the #opioid crisis on "addicts and illegal drug dealers”). See the email here: industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/opioids/docs/#…

Thanks to SCOTUS, the Purdue bankruptcy plan is gone. Good riddance! It was a lousy deal & not just because of releases for the Sacklers and co-conspirators. There were other elements that were even more onerous.