Opioid epidemic. The news
talks about it. An efficient way to avoid
relying on opioids is to not even start with
them. The society and the medical community are (coming) together on this. Recent research describes
the benefit chiropractic care has in decreasing the prescribing,
need, and use of opioids. Moses Chiropractic is happy
to satisfy the additional role of pain management for West Palm Beach
back pain sufferers!
CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENTS AND THEIR USE OF OPIOIDS
Moses Chiropractic knows the widespread
opioid use in low back pain management. Researchers do, too. They reviewed
low back pain patients cared for by chiropractors to find
out if said chiropractic patients were less likely
to use or more likely to use lower doses of opioids for their pain.
Such an impact could lead to a decreased
risk of adverse effects. They found that chiropractic patients as
opposed to non-chiropractic patients were 55% less prone to
fill an opioid prescription, a considerably lower number. (1)
There are many West Palm Beach chiropractic patients who would like to not fill
their opioid prescriptions. Moses Chiropractic is here to help them control
their back pain with the addition of West Palm Beach chiropractic care.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE IN A MEDICAL SETTING: THE POSITIVE IMPACT
Moses Chiropractic often cooperates
with medical colleagues to help our West Palm Beach back pain patients manage
their pain. Research endorses such an effort! The
study of a family medicine practice that integrated
chiropractic services reported fluctuations in
opioid prescription rates. The monthly rate of opioid prescription writing dropped
significantly by 22%. The rate of prescription writing for schedule II opioids decreased
significantly by 32% too. The likelihood of writing a schedule II
opioid prescription fell by 27%, too, when chiropractic services
were added. Medical providers prescribed daily doses of opioids
that were 30% less than before chiropractic was added. Including
chiropractic decreased the dosage of opioids, the number of
opioid prescriptions, and the types of opioids prescribed. The
authors proposed that including
chiropractic was beneficial in opioid prescribing and
implementation of a non-pharmaceutical option for pain
management. (2) Working together, West Palm Beach
healthcare providers like your chiropractor and your medical team want what’s best for your health and back pain relief. We’ll work
together to accomplish that goal.
CONTACT Moses Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with DR. James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates how Cox® Technic alleviates
back pain with some talk of the place for
opioids.
Make your next West Palm Beach
chiropractic appointment today. For the epidemic of back pain
and opioid use, adding West Palm Beach chiropractic care may
be advantageous in shrinking the epidemic of opioids.
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