BEYOND THE PILL: NON-OPIOID CARE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
Bottom Line: One of the problems with pain medications is that they only treat the symptoms. In fact, they aren’t doing a thing to resolve the source of your pain. If you are looking for a long-term solution for pain... Read More →
OPIATES VS OPIOIDS: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Bottom Line: Over the past decade, opioids have become a massive problem. Do you know that many of the people dying from opioids are NOT recreational drug users looking for the next high? In fact, they are people who were... Read More →
The Chronic Pain Crisis is the Opioid Crisis
Bottom Line: What began as a chronic pain epidemic has evolved into our current opioid crisis. For decades, opioids were marketed as a “safer” alternative to treat chronic pain. However, as the number of people with chronic pain began to... Read More →
THE OPIOID CRISIS: HOW DID WE END UP HERE?
Bottom Line: About 30 years ago, there was a fundamental shift in medicine as to how pain was understood and treated. The number of people with chronic pain seemed to be rising, and it was thought that the options to... Read More →