Patient’s evidence-based guide to chronic pain, floxing and political economy of science
Patient’s evidence-based guide to chronic pain, floxing and political economy of science
One could consider that I received a symbolic birthday gift when I learnt that Douglas Drossman — the leading figure of the Rome foundation — is retiring this month. For someone who proclaims to fight stigma against patients with “functional”…
If you spend enough time reading about psychology, you will inevitably learn about the replication crisis and the debate whether psychology is a science. You must have heard some people say that it is soft-science at best, not a science…
People who bash conspiracy theorists or pseudoscience believers often ascribe those beliefs to some general science illiteracy. A frequent conclusion of this analysis is that if those people cracked open a textbook or paid attention during their biology classes, they…
When you think about medication side effects, what normally comes to mind are some uncomfortable feelings like a a bit of a headache, minor stomach discomfort, diarrhoea etc. All of those have two common denominators: one — they are transient;…
Modern medicine is one of the cornerstones upon which contemporary societies are built. Many collective efforts allowed to greatly reduce global suffering — examples range from eradication of smallpox and rinderpest thanks to worldwide vaccination programs in the XX century…
Gaslighting is a very convenient one-word concept, as its meaning spans complex manipulative practices in various parts of the society (personal relationships, politics and more recently medicine). It reached its peak in 2022, when it became a word of the…
One redditor asked me what new treatments for small fiber neuropathy are on the horizon. There’s one drug specifically worth nothing. That is, suzetrigine — even though it’s going to be licensed for moderate-to-severe acute pain for now, they are…
In my first thematic post, I’d like to talk a bit about small fiber neuropathy (or more appropriately — neuropathies — as we will soon find that in reality this is a heterogenous group of disorders of different etiology1). SFN…
I have long been thinking what to call this blog. As trivial as this task may seem, there is little doubt in my mind that it is one of the most important steps on the way to a successful project…