The opioid epidemic. It’s in
the news. San Jose does not2 escape the opioid issue.
Chiropractic Solutions knows some San Jose chiropractic patients
with San Jose back pain struggle with opioids that were, at one
time, prescribed to assist them in coping with
their back pain and now want to be done with them.
Chiropractic Solutions gets it and is ready to help
San Jose back pain sufferers get relief without opioid
drugs. The effectiveness of opioid drugs for control of San Jose back
pain is doubted while spinal manipulation such as offered at
Chiropractic Solutions is recommended.
WHY OPIOIDS FOR BACK PAIN
Low back pain burdens its sufferers’ life. It’s no wonder
that a back pain sufferer desires a pill to get rid of the pain, a San Jose back surgery to remove
the pain’s cause now. Occasionally
it is not that simple: the pill may have unwelcome
effects or the positive effects may not last very long; the surgery relief may not continue or resulted
in an unexpected result. Chiropractic Solutions appreciates
the role of drugs for pain relief when necessary, respects
the part back surgery has in a San Jose back pain
sufferer’s journey toward pain relief and a better quality of life.
Chiropractic Solutions also offers complementary care to those back
pain relief choices and, for some San Jose back pain
sufferers, back surgery prevention in addition to post-back
surgery rehab and San Jose back pain relief.
OPIOIDS’ ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF
A recent Cochrane data review of randomized clinical trials
on the effectiveness of opioids and other drugs for chronic low back pain decided that the effectiveness is sadly
quite modest. Opioids’ effects on pain reduction and function improvement
are small to moderate and brief compared to
placebo. The side effects, serious ones for those who use strong opioids for a
long period of time, were usual. (1) Some patients respond
better to drug therapies than others. Researchers found it hard to determine just how effective drugs like oxycodone and clobazam and imipramine
will be for which chronic low back pain patient. (2) Chiropractic Solutions figures out each San Jose back pain patient who comes
for San Jose chiropractic care and sets the suitable
treatment plan to secure some back pain relief.
OPIOIDS AND BACK SURGERY
Patients choose back surgery often for pain
relief or a quick fix that
will remove the need for pain control drugs. Researchers checked
into this idea and reported that many back pain sufferers who were prescribed
opioids before surgery expected that surgery would fix the problem and not have to take opioids anymore. Reality
shows that of 2491 adults who underwent lumbar fusion back surgery, 1045 needed
long-term opioids before surgery, and 1094 took opioids subsequently. Of the pre-operative opioid patients, 77.1% continued
consuming them long-term, 13.8% occasionally, and just 9.1%
discontinued or took them short-term subsequently.
34.4% continued with a lower dose while 44.8% continued
with a higher dose. Of those who didn’t take any
opioids before back surgery, 12.8% became long-term users. What was the bottom line? What
do patients need to know who are considering San Jose
back surgery as the final answer to their San Jose
back pain? Lumbar fusion back surgery seldom ended the
long-term opioid use and heightened the risk of starting their use afterwards. Patient expectations of pain reduction and opioid
use reduction demand
reevaluation. (3)
ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOIDS FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF
Researchers strive to develop guidelines for
back pain relief treatment. These guidelines state that
non-effective treatments
should be avoided (systemic corticosteroids, TENS, traction,
electrical muscle stim, benozodiazepines, botulinum toxin injection, etc.) and suggest
that clinicians educate and encourage
patients, guide them to stay active and perform
self-care. Acute back pain patients can do exercise, manual
therapy, heat, and NSAIDS.
Chronic back pain patients can choose
exercise, yoga, manual therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture,
biofeedback, massage, rehabilitation, etc. Radicular back pain patients may use
exercise, spinal manipulation, NSAIDs.
(4)
San Jose chiropractic care at Chiropractic Solutions fits these guidelines.
Chiropractic Solutions presents a San Jose chiropractic
treatment plan of spinal manipulation with
Cox Technic, exercise, rehabilitation,
and more.
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
Schedule you San Jose chiropractic appointment today
with Chiropractic Solutions. Opioids are not the only way to deal with San Jose
back pain, particularly San Jose chronic
low back pain. Chiropractic Solutions offers hope for chronic low back
pain relief to San Jose back pain sufferers wanting to avoid or escape the opioid epidemic.