Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

> Before moving forward - I’m not a doctor. Just a bit of a nerd with a blog. Please do not sue me or use these posts as a replacement for medical care.

unnecessary disclaimer here. when it comes to chronic pain treatment doctors are mostly useless or even harmful, proposing surgeries or drugs that will do more bad than anything else because they have no interest in learning how to customize their approach and will parrot and prescribe what they heard from medical representatives. Remember, the opoids crisis was enabled by doctors in the first place.

Heavily agree much destruction has come from overprescription. With this note I'm just seeking to cover my bases and be transparent with readers who don't know me.

It's not unnecessary to tell people you aren't a doctor when people may reasonably believe you are a doctor in the absence of such a disclaimer.

I was not focusing on the 'not. a doctor' part, rather the 'seek medical care' as being bad advice when dealing with chronic pain

It was enabled by doctors but they were deceived by Purdue Pharma and Sackler family. They also deceived the (understaffed) FDA, paid off researchers to get their exact wording approved. Purdue used their wealth and influence to launch a nationwide campaign and lobbyist group advocating that mistreatment/mismanagement of patient pain will lead to litigation.

Those stupid pain face charts you see at hospitals, physician offices. Purdue marketing, nothing else.

Everybody is shitty here. This is what happens when a market has loose regulations.

I think he has to put that to prevent any crazy things from the law side. You have a great point on doctors there, no wonder why people lose trust in them after so many wrongs.