One day I decided to do some reading on the subject and discovered an article that claimed bioflavonoids would reduce the pain and speed healing. My wife went to a health food store and bought a small bottle of the stuff. I took the recommended dose, and the pain disappeared within 24 hours!!! I went to the chiropractor who also sold vitamins, and I asked him why he didn't know about bioflavonoids. His answer was that he did know about them, but it was against the law in Wisconsin for a chiropractor to suggest vitamins to his clients. That may not be the law any longer, but it does raise the question: Is it possible that regulations exist at the present time that similarly restrict doctors from doing what's best for their patients?
Here is something most people will not consider. Personal testimony is personal. That is, it is subjective.
Meaning what?
Your pain is YOUR pain. It can be compared to sighting a UFO. You say you saw an object in the sky and it was hovering over your house.
What are we to do? We either accept that you really saw something real or you think you saw something real or you are lying.
My point?
Pain is subjective. Having pain go away is subjective. Attributing pain and attributing a cause for the pain going away is subjective.
If we start allowing physicians to prescribe things BASED ON SUBJECTIVE TESTIMONY which cannot be replicated under stringent test conditions---is this the kind of medicine/science we can be confident will be safe for us?
If you say you felt pain and you say it went away it will undoubtedly be true FOR YOU. But, you yourself are trusting your own nervous system's interpretations on the one hand and trusting your cause/effect analysis on the other.
I'm not saying you are nuts; I'm saying it isn't enough for to form the basis of a medical certainty which leads to a standard prescriptive procedure.
Does this sound like it makes sense to you?