WHY DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES FOR PAIN THERAPY?
Obviously, there is an opioid crisis in the country, and I would say really in the last 10 years, opioids have been overused for chronic pain. We need alternatives, and there are, in fact, many alternatives. In my practice, I seldom have to resort to opioids because we have many other options out there.
We have rehabilitative options. We have other medications besides opioids. And we have our interventional options.