Managing Pain in an Era of Opioid Abuse
Managing Pain in an Era of Opioid Abuse https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AdobeStock_492861846-1024x654.jpeg 1024 654 Abbie Miller https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/051023BT016-Abbie-Crop.jpg
Managing pain is complicated. Not that long ago, perhaps 50 years or so, pain was understood to be a multidisciplinary issue requiring many different approaches. Doctors would recommend lifestyle changes, complementary therapies and medications to treat chronic pain. Then something changed. Opioids began being marketed as “nonaddictive.” Pain became the “5th vital sign,” and physicians…