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About Lynn Webster
- Lynn R.
- Webster (born November 10, 1950) is a pain researcher and physician.
- From 1990 to 2010, he headed Lifetree Pain Clinic with approximately 15 healthcare providers.
- In 2010, Dr.
- Webster left the pain clinic to focus full-time on clinical research.
- The Lifetree Pain Clinic closed.
- His research work centers on the development of safer and more effective therapies for chronic pain and addiction.
- He has studied the effects of opioids on sleep, the testing of new opioid formulations designed to deter misuse and effective screening methods to prevent opioid misuse.
- He is best known for developing the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)and for his public campaign to reduce overdose deaths from prescription medications.
- Webster is currently the Vice President of Scientific Affairs at PRA Health Sciences. In 2013, it was revealed that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had opened an investigation related to overdose deaths at the Lifetree Pain Clinic, beginning in 2010.
- After nearly four years, the U.S.
- Attorney for the District of Utah declined to pursue charges and the case was dropped.
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