Opioid Documents in Action: Redefining Pain and Addiction

Join the Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) for a Q&A with Adriane Fugh-Berman and Judy Butler, moderated by Michael Steinman, about their article, "Redefining Pain and Addiction: How Opioid Manufacturers Changed Medical Language to Foster Opioid Use."

Adriane Fugh-Berman is a professor of pharmacology and physiology with a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). Fugh-Berman directs PharmedOut, a research and education project at GUMC that promotes rational prescribing, exposes the effect of pharmaceutical marketing on prescribing practices, and has had a profound impact on prescribers' perceptions of the adverse consequences of industry marketing. Judy Butler is the senior research fellow at PharmedOut. Butler has authored several peer-reviewed articles, including articles on opioid marketing and consumer advocacy groups

Michael Steinman (moderator) received his medical school training at Harvard Medical School and completed residency in primary care internal medicine at UCSF. He then joined the UCSF Division of Geriatrics for fellowships in the Veterans Affairs (VA) National Quality Scholars Program and the UCSF Clinical Geriatrics Fellowship. Steinman has been a member of the faculty in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and at the San Francisco VA Medical Center since 2004. Steinman is a national leader in identifying and improving the quality of medication prescribing in clinically complex older adults.

OIDA is a digital archive of internal corporate documents arising from the opioid industry that advances understanding of the root causes of the opioid epidemic and helps address corporate behavior that is harmful to public health. OIDA is part of the larger UCSF Industry Documents Library.  This occasional midday series provides public health advocates an opportunity to share their research with a broad audience and helps attendees learn about OIDA uses in an informal setting.