>>16712841
>get indoctrinated into pharmacology
What does this even mean? Is there a phase in my training where I was strapped to a chair with a TV screen showing a spiral while a pharma rep crooned into my ear about how I need to push the most expensive drug possible? Because all I remember is every attending in my training prescribing generics if at all, or telling patients to buy over the counter braces, etc.
Medications and especially interventions are for cases where diet and exercise have not worked or can't fix the underlying problem acutely. The body is ultimately able to take care of itself mostly fine - but medical and surgical interventions focus on assisting the body where possible.