Chiropractic Patients Treated for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain Use Less Narcotics

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Chiropractic Patients Treated for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain Use Less Narcotics


Subjects with chronic neck pain and/or chronic low back pain tended to have a high satisfaction rate and demonstrated a low use of pain medications.


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This is an interesting study and you should read the entire text to get its full flavor. 


I want to focus on one part of the study. These patients tended to have a low use of narcotics. Since we have a real problem with addiction why wouldn’t the medical profession encourage patients with these types of problems to seek chiropractic care prior to prescribing narcotics? 


Why wouldn’t insurance companies urge physicians to seek a chiropractic consult prior to receiving a narcotics prescription? Why wouldn’t legislators urge medical providers and chiropractic physicians to work together to help avoid narcotics use? 


As I always say, “Science should be lived not just learned.” Please forward this to everyone you know and ask them to send it on. You might save a life.


Reference: Herman PM, Kommareddi M, Sorbero ME et al. Characteristics of Chiropractic Patients Being Treated for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2018 Jul – Aug;41(6):445-455. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2018.02.001. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

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