Dr. Baxter's TED talk does not reference any scientific evidence in support of any of the three points it's cited as support for. Rather, it contains a lot of statements minimizing the need to medically address pain, along the lines of "pain-free shouldn't be the goal", "pain is not the enemy", or advocating the use of mind-over-matter hacks in place of medical care for pain sufferers. I'm surprised and dismayed that it'd be referenced positively in an article like this.
Hi-- a TED Talk is definitely not a place for citations and evidence, and I didn't intend it to be a substitute for research. Sorry that wasn't more clear. But there is a lot of published data showing marginal efficacy of opioids in acute pain, for example:
Sorry for being unclear—I don't watch a lot of TED talks, but it was a notable omission because she did reference scientific evidence for a variety of other points (though, as you might expect, not with exact citations and such).
I don't really have an opinion on whether opioids outperform ibuprofen+acetaminophen for a particular class of pain—I'm just saying the inclusion of the TED talk contributed negatively (by exacerbating the dismissiveness about the need to medically address pain) rather than positively (by providing factual information that would support the paragraph) to the article.
Dr. Baxter's TED talk does not reference any scientific evidence in support of any of the three points it's cited as support for. Rather, it contains a lot of statements minimizing the need to medically address pain, along the lines of "pain-free shouldn't be the goal", "pain is not the enemy", or advocating the use of mind-over-matter hacks in place of medical care for pain sufferers. I'm surprised and dismayed that it'd be referenced positively in an article like this.
Hi-- a TED Talk is definitely not a place for citations and evidence, and I didn't intend it to be a substitute for research. Sorry that wasn't more clear. But there is a lot of published data showing marginal efficacy of opioids in acute pain, for example:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2661581
I'm sure you are aware of the many others, though I understand you may not agree.
Sorry for being unclear—I don't watch a lot of TED talks, but it was a notable omission because she did reference scientific evidence for a variety of other points (though, as you might expect, not with exact citations and such).
I don't really have an opinion on whether opioids outperform ibuprofen+acetaminophen for a particular class of pain—I'm just saying the inclusion of the TED talk contributed negatively (by exacerbating the dismissiveness about the need to medically address pain) rather than positively (by providing factual information that would support the paragraph) to the article.