We often hear from pain patients who were dismissed from their doctor for failing their drug test. They say there is no way the test is right. Ed Brown gives some possible explanations.
Edward Brown's Bio:
Edward G. Brown is a chemistry expert with over twenty-five
years of laboratory research experience, over 5 years of patent work experience
and over twenty years of experience assisting attorneys in chemistry cases as chemistry
expert and expert witness. His technical
and academic background includes the following:
B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of California,
Berkeley;
Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Davis;
In addition, Dr. Brown received post-doctoral research
fellowships from the University of Auckland, NZ and Yale University; he pursued
chemical analysis and chemistry research related to methodology development in
organic chemistry at those institutions.
Dr. Brown has also worked in a number of biochemical and
pharmaceutical companies during his career as a research chemist, staff
scientist and senior research scientist; he currently provides clients with in-lab
contract medicinal chemistry research expertise as well as patent drafting and
expert witness services.
He is a coauthor on over twenty chemistry articles and is a
co-inventor on ten U.S. patents. He has
testified in both state and federal courts as a chemistry expert in both
criminal and patent litigation cases.
His expertise as a medicinal chemistry expert in criminal
drug cases has expanded over the years and includes advising in cases involving:
methamphetamine and amphetamine analysis, manufacture,
possession and sale;
fentanyl, opioid and opiate analysis, possession and sale;