Chronic Pain and the Opioid Epidemic
September is Pain Awareness Month, and a good time to discuss the current opioid overdose crisis that is going on in the country and various non-addictive options. If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard about the recent opioid epidemic. In 2017 alone, more than 70,000 Americans died of opioid-related drug overdoses – a 45% increase from the previous year. The opioid epidemic has become such a big problem, that in 2017 the U.S Department of...
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