Opioid Pain Control Drugs like Opioids: Are They Effective for Back Pain?
Opioids are in the news. The San Jose opioid epidemic is a big issue. Opioids are prescribed for pain relief of all sorts of pain. Opioids for back pain relief are a common prescription. But today, non-drug alternatives are in demand. Non-drug alternative care like San Jose chiropractic care eases the San Jose back pain these opioids have been prescribed for and often devoid of adverse side-effects.
DRUG USE BEFORE BACK SURGERY
Pharmacological treatment options – drugs – for reducing chronic low back pain are the focus of much attention today. Researchers scrutinize these and other options as to what works best to benefit San Jose back pain patients. The effect of drugs like oxycodone (an opioid drug), clobazam and imipramine on chronic low back pain are hard to predict. One article suggested that patients who are more sensitive to hot and cold react better to imipramine. (1) Another reported that electroacupuncture proved to be more cost effective than NSAIDs and suggested as an alternative for chronic low back pain treatment. (2) A third wrote that most drugs - paracetamol (acetaminophen), NSAIDs, muscle relaxants, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, opioids, and other (new) drugs - offered small to moderate and short lasting effects compared with placebo. And there were side-effects. (3) Chiropractic Solutions cares for many San Jose back pain sufferers seeking pain relief without drugs. And the San Jose chiropractic care is helpful for most.
DRUG USE AFTER BACK SURGERY
San Jose chronic low back pain guides some sufferers to lumbar spine fusion surgery. Patients who go this route to deal with their back pain often take opioids prior to surgery hoping – even expecting – that they will not require opioids after the surgery. Reality is different. 77.1% of pre-operative opioid patients continued to use opioids long-term post-operatively: 13.8% of them took opioids off and off; 9.1% discontinued using them or took them for a short time after surgery. Of patients who had not used opioids before surgery, 34.4% used a lower dose after surgery, and 44.8% used a higher long-term dose. 12.8% became long-term consumers of opioids. The researchers decided that lumbar spine fusion rarely ended the long-term opioid use and actually increased the risk of taking them long-term. (4) Chiropractic Solutions offers San Jose chiropractic care both pre-operatively and post-operatively to manage San Jose back pain and for some prevent San Jose back surgery.
OPTIONS TO DRUGS FOR BACK PAIN
What are the options for San Jose back pain patients if opioids are to be avoided? Guidelines have been developed for opioid alternatives. Cost, intervention availability, and patient preferences are considered. One of the first things to do is educate and reassure the patient that San Jose back pain relief is possible and to remain active. The San Jose low back pain sufferer can learn more about how to care for pain on their own. For acute low back pain and neck pain patients who don’t have any concerning causal issue, exercise, manual therapy, heat and NSAIDs are recommended. For chronic low back pain sufferers who don’t present with serious underlying issues, exercise, yoga, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, biofeedback, relaxation, massage, manual therapy, rehab, NSAIDS, acetaminophen and antidepressants are recommended. Patients with radiculopathy (sciatic leg pain) can use exercise, spinal manipulation, or NSAIDS. Benzodiazepines, botulinum toxin injection, systemic corticosteroids, cervical collar, electrical muscle stimulation, diathermy, TENS and traction are not recommended due to research revealing uselessness. (5) Chiropractic Solutions offers San Jose chiropractic care including Cox Technic flexion distraction decompression treatment that is research-documented to be successful for San Jose back pain relief.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Roy Siegel on the Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how Cox Technic reduces back pain for his performing arts patients without drugs so they can continue performing!
Schedule your San Jose chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions today. The opioid epidemic may be curbed for San Jose back pain sufferers who come for San Jose chiropractic care at Chiropractic Solutions…and chiropractic may develop into being the opioid-alternative news!
