| Beyond Opioids: The Future of Pain Management [message #456] |
Tue, 28 April 2020 08:19  |
DeannaD
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Registered: April 2020
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Getting addicted to opioids is awful, and we should try prevent it from happening to injured people
Opioids should not be the first thing doctors try in patients who have chronic pain. The CDC’s latest guideline for opioid prescribing, released in 2016, notes that most proof of how well opioids work is based on short-term pain. It directs doctors to try nondrug treatments, such as physical therapy and talk therapy, as well as non-opioid treatments first. If those aren’t enough, before adding opioids, doctors should work with patients to set realistic goals for easing pain, with an emphasis on making the body work better rather than eliminating pain.
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