DR. HARVEY JENKINS, MD, PHD TRIBUTE TO DR. FOREST TENNANT, MD: THE LIGHTHOUSE OF INTRACTABLE PAIN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF ADHESSIVE ARACHNODITIS

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**The 2017 DEA Raid and Vindication**
At 76 years old, Dr. Tennant’s life and practice were upended on November 15, 2017, when two dozen armed federal agents raided his clinic, home, and foundation. Despite the public spectacle, the DEA’s 18-month investigation yielded no charges or indictments, and the case was closed. More than 200 physicians stepped forward to vouch for his clinical integrity. While entirely vindicated, the toll of the raid forced the closure of his clinic, leaving his fragile patients without care overnight—a sudden disruption that some patients tragically did not survive.

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Dr. Forest Tennant (MD, DrPH) was a pioneering physician who dedicated his 50-year career to patients mainstream medicine had largely abandoned. With a background in public health and addiction medicine, he earned the reputation of “the doctor who would not look away” by validating and treating those suffering from the most severe, excruciating chronic conditions. Dr. Tennant was a member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Academy of Integrative Pain Management, the American Pain Society, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has authored over 300 scientific articles and books.

Dr. Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH, was an internist and addictionologist who devoted his career to researching and treating intractable pain. He managed the Veract Intractable Pain Clinics in West Covina, California, from 1975 (originally focused on cancer pain and post-polio disease) to 2018. Dr. Tennant served as the editor-in-chief of Practical Pain Management from 2007 through 2017 and continues to hold an Emeritus honor on the editorial Board. Today, he leads the Tennant Foundation and its Arachnoiditis Research and Education Project.

Dr. Forest Tennant, MD, “The Lighthouse,” and the Intractable Pain Protocol: Listen Here

Discuss Intractable pain syndrome.

Intractable pain syndrome is a term coined by Dr. Forest Tennant to describe severe, unrelenting pain that moves beyond a mere symptom and becomes its own distinct, highly destructive disease process.

Adhesive-Arachnoiditis, formerly known as the devil’s in the 1800s, was 100% uniformly fatal.

For decades, the medical establishment dismissed these extreme conditions as simple chronic pain, frequently telling patients that their suffering was “in their heads”. Dr. Tennant strongly refuted this framing, arguing that intractable pain actively ravages the body—punishing the heart, collapsing hormones, and ultimately shortening a patient’s life.

The biological driver behind this syndrome is neuroinflammation. Dr. Tennant identified this as a “fire underneath” the pain, located deep within the brain and the spinal cord. In patients suffering from this syndrome, immune cells switch on and never switch off, burning through the very nervous system wiring that controls pain.

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Rather than viewing these severe neurological conditions as rare anomalies, Dr. Tennant reviewed patient scans and realized that the disease is not rare; medical science simply did not know how to see it. Because traditional drug companies had not built cures for these diseases, he established his three-component protocol—controlling pain, calming neuroinflammation, and healing damaged tissue—to target the underlying pathology rather than just masking the symptoms.

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What is arachnoiditishope.com?

ArachnoiditisHope.com (transcribed in the source as “arachnoiditis hope.com”) is the website and platform dedicated to continuing the life’s mission of Dr. Forest Tennant.

According this source, the site serves as a central hub to:

Carry on Dr. Tennant’s work of advocating for and supporting patients with adhesive arachnoiditis and intractable pain syndrome.
Educate the public, patients, and healthcare providers about his specialized treatment protocols.
Support ongoing research and protect the brave doctors who continue to treat these complex pain conditions.

It functions as an extension of the “lighthouse” Dr. Tennant built, ensuring that those suffering from severe, invisible neurological diseases are not abandoned and can still access his scientific findings and clinical legacy.

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HE WAS THERE.

He will stay with us.

He promised.

Doc knew the number of people being helped, and he repeatedly said,

“The Show Must Go On!”

And that, it will.

We will be changing many things…stay tuned for more information.

We never asked for a cent.

We asked for your time, care, and understanding.

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I could not begin to name all of the people who have been there with us, especially from the very beginning, and many of those people are in heaven now. We especially thank Dr Mark Ibsen and Dr Norman J Clement and ANYONE AND EVERYONE who has EVER been with us. Thank you to those who have just met us. Thank you to Dr. Harvey Jenkins for being *you*.

Thank you to our entire DocToks family!

Thank you to everyone who has EVER been on the show…and thank you to those who will be on the show in the future!

Thank you to all the groups and organizations whom have proudly collaborated with and included us.

We could not possibly name you all!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

Because of you ALL, Doc’s legacy will live on!

As we grieve, process, and restructure, please take extra excellent care of yourselves.

We will keep our promises.

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