The Naked Scientists
  • Login
  • Register
  • Podcasts
      • The Naked Scientists
      • eLife
      • Naked Genetics
      • Naked Astronomy
      • In short
      • Naked Neuroscience
      • Ask! The Naked Scientists
      • Question of the Week
      • Archive
      • Video
      • SUBSCRIBE to our Podcasts
  • Articles
      • Science News
      • Features
      • Interviews
      • Answers to Science Questions
  • Get Naked
      • Donate
      • Do an Experiment
      • Science Forum
      • Ask a Question
  • About
      • Meet the team
      • Our Sponsors
      • Site Map
      • Contact us

User menu

  • Login
  • Register
  • Home
  • Help
  • Search
  • Tags
  • Member Map
  • Recent Topics
  • Login
  • Register
  1. Naked Science Forum
  2. Life Sciences
  3. Physiology & Medicine
  4. Why don't pills kill neck and back pain?
« previous next »
  • Print
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Why don't pills kill neck and back pain?

  • 2 Replies
  • 1216 Views
  • 1 Tags

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • 857
  • Activity:
    5.5%
  • Thanked: 28 times
    • View Profile
Why don't pills kill neck and back pain?
« on: 25/10/2021 14:02:44 »
Therapeutic stretches I find on youtube are the only answers for this. If my field was medicine, I would acknowledge that millions or billions of people are too lazy for such stretching and would try to find a way to solve this medicinal-wise and make billions of dollars.
Logged
 
The following users thanked this post: Zer0



Offline alancalverd

  • Global Moderator
  • Naked Science Forum GOD!
  • ********
  • 17721
  • Activity:
    67.5%
  • Thanked: 1437 times
  • life is too short to drink instant coffee
    • View Profile
Re: Why don't pills kill neck and back pain?
« Reply #1 on: 25/10/2021 15:32:00 »
Problem is that pills only treat the symptom. If the cause is muscular or neural-compression, the cure needs to be at least partially mechanical.  The beauty of exercise and (reasonably expert) manipulation is the absence of side effects.
Logged
helping to stem the tide of ignorance
 

Offline evan_au

  • Global Moderator
  • Naked Science Forum GOD!
  • ********
  • 10835
  • Activity:
    4.5%
  • Thanked: 1420 times
    • View Profile
Re: Why don't pills kill neck and back pain?
« Reply #2 on: 25/10/2021 21:32:36 »
Double-blind tests have shown that there are a number of conditions for which painkiller pills are no better than placebo pills.

Unfortunately, the active pills often had severe side-effects, like the opioids are highly addictive, producing a steady stream of withdrawal symptoms for the patient whenever they tried to stop them, and a steady revenue stream for the manufacturer.

This had reached such a state of abuse in the USA that FDA  severely restricted the use of opioid painkillers over the past couple of years.
Logged
 



  • Print
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
Tags: painkillers 
 

Similar topics (5)

Why would you burn coal, then turn the carbon dioxide back into "coal"?

Started by evan_auBoard Chemistry

Replies: 9
Views: 6580
Last post 08/03/2019 08:44:55
by chris
What does "the oil will settle back into the ground" mean?

Started by CliffordKBoard The Environment

Replies: 1
Views: 6141
Last post 21/06/2012 12:18:51
by evan_au
Is it possible to convert electric energy into light energy then back?

Started by skoorbBoard General Science

Replies: 5
Views: 12415
Last post 27/09/2017 20:15:08
by alancalverd
Will cold foods make a cold (viral infection) come back?

Started by Mickael ElmalemBoard Cells, Microbes & Viruses

Replies: 1
Views: 7036
Last post 26/03/2011 23:20:13
by Jolly- Joliver
Why does IE appear to skip google results when hitting "Back"?

Started by chrisBoard Geek Speak

Replies: 4
Views: 7362
Last post 04/12/2011 14:31:40
by SeanB
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
  • SMF 2.0.15 | SMF © 2017, Simple Machines
    Privacy Policy
    SMFAds for Free Forums
  • Naked Science Forum ©

Page created in 0.269 seconds with 36 queries.

  • Podcasts
  • Articles
  • Get Naked
  • About
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe to newsletter
  • We love feedback

Follow us

cambridge_logo_footer.png

©The Naked Scientists® 2000–2017 | The Naked Scientists® and Naked Science® are registered trademarks created by Dr Chris Smith. Information presented on this website is the opinion of the individual contributors and does not reflect the general views of the administrators, editors, moderators, sponsors, Cambridge University or the public at large.