Was the research, including the clinical data, for the paper we asked you about, “Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against development of chronic pain,” valid and not corrupted by the interlopers to malign seemingly useful common painkillers? Given your warnings that clinical research cannot always be trusted, we just want to be sure. What is most important for us to know?

This key research finding truly stands out, and that was your reaction in reading it because you understand as well as anyone the true implications here, being another nail in the coffin of big pharma, representing a misguided enterprise to begin with. So this is one that has slipped through without tampering by the interlopers with the research findings, so it can be accepted at face value. Time will tell how quickly and in what way it will arouse concern and perhaps influence medical practice for the better.