David Juurlink
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David Juurlink | |
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Born | 1968 (age 53–54) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Dalhousie University[1] |
Occupation | Physician |
David Juurlink (born New Glasgow, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian pharmacologist and internist. He is head of the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology division at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, as well as a medical toxicologist at the and a scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. He is known for researching adverse effects caused by drug interactions, with some of this research funded by a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.[2] He has been very critical of his fellow physicians' regular prescribing of dangerous opioids like Tramadol[3] and fentanyl.[4][5] In June 2017, he published a letter analyzing citations to "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics", a 1980 letter in the New England Journal of Medicine that has often been cited to claim that opioids like OxyContin are rarely addictive.[6]
References[]
- ^ "David Juurlink". Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "We are Sunnybrook". The Globe and Mail. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Kirkup, Kristy (26 February 2017). "Health Canada's position on opioid Tramadol is indefensible: doctor". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Kirkey, Sharon (7 April 2016). "Doctors' reckless prescribing of fentanyl largely to blame for deadly overdoses: expert". National Post. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Dr. David Juurlink says colleagues must accept blame for fentanyl ODs". CBC News. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Opioid crisis: The letter that started it all". BBC News. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
External links[]
- David Juurlink Profile
- David Juurlink publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Canadian pharmacologists
- Living people
- People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
- Canadian toxicologists
- 1968 births
- Canadian academic biography stubs