How to Think About Any Medication
An ER doctor’s framework for any medication: spot the 4 tricks used to scare you, then ask the 4 questions that actually matter. Evidence-based, no fearmongering.
Five Bottles, One Answer: Do Opioids Really Relieve Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Better?
A 600-patient RCT compared 5 oral analgesics for acute musculoskeletal pain. The opioid arms offered no extra relief, only more nausea. Here is the evidence.