Effectiveness of Opioids for Pain Control is Questionable while Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation is Recommended

June 12, 2018

Opioids. They’re in the news. Manahawkin doesn’t escape the opioid issue. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center sees some Manahawkin chiropractic patients with Manahawkin back pain struggle with opioids that were, at some point, prescribed to help them cope with their back pain and now want to be off of them. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center understands and is ready to help Manahawkin back pain sufferers find relief without opioid drugs. The effectiveness of opioid drugs for control of Manahawkin back pain is doubted while spinal manipulation such as offered at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is recommended.

WHY OPIOIDS FOR BACK PAIN

Low back pain burdens a back pain patient’s life. It is no wonder that a back pain sufferer desires a pill to be done with the pain, a Manahawkin back surgery to remove the pain’s cause now.  Occasionally it’s not that simple: the pill may have unwanted effects or the positive effects may not last long enough; the surgery relief may not last or produced an unexpected outcome. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center values the role of drugs for pain relief when necessary, admires the part back surgery has in a Manahawkin back pain sufferer’s journey toward pain relief and a better quality of life. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center also offers coordinating care to those back pain relief options and, for some Manahawkin back pain sufferers, back surgery prevention as well as post-back surgery rehab and Manahawkin 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 concluded that the effectiveness is sadly quite modest. Opioids’ effects on pain reduction and function improvement are small to moderate and short-lasting compared to placebo. The side effects, serious ones for those who use strong opioids for a long time, were common. (1) Some patients react 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) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center figures out each Manahawkin back pain patient who comes for Manahawkin chiropractic care and establishes the appropriate treatment plan to produce some back pain relief.

OPIOIDS AND BACK SURGERY

Patients opt for back surgery often seeking quick pain relief that will negate the need for pain control drugs. Researchers checked into this idea and reported that many back pain sufferers who were took opioids before surgery expected that surgery would end the need for opioids. Reality shows that of 2491 adults who underwent lumbar fusion back surgery, 1045 took long-term opioids before surgery, and 1094 took opioids after surgery. Of the pre-operative opioid patients, 77.1% kept taking them long-term, 13.8% occasionally, and just 9.1% discontinued or used them short-term afterward. 34.4% continued with a lower dose while 44.8% continued with a higher dose. Of those who did not use any opioids before back surgery, 12.8% became long-term users.  What was the end result? What do patients need to know who are considering Manahawkin back surgery as the ultimate solution to their Manahawkin back pain? Lumbar fusion back surgery rarely ended the long-term opioid use and increased the risk of beginning their use later.  Patient expectations of pain reduction and opioid use reduction demand reconsideration. (3)

ALTERNATIVES TO OPIOIDS FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF

Researchers strive to create guidelines for back pain relief treatment. These guidelines direct that non-effective treatments should not be used (systemic corticosteroids, TENS, traction, electrical muscle stim, benozodiazepines, botulinum toxin injection, etc.) and recommend that clinicians teach and reassure patients, direct them to stay active and do self-care. Acute back pain patients can do exercise, manual therapy, heat, and NSAIDS. Chronic back pain patients can use exercise, yoga, manual therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, biofeedback, massage, rehabilitation, etc. Radicular back pain patients may use exercise, spinal manipulation, NSAIDs.  (4) Manahawkin chiropractic care at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center  suits these guidelines. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center presents a Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation with Cox Technic, exercise, rehabilitation, and more.

CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center

Schedule you Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Opioids are not the only way to deal with Manahawkin back pain, particularly Manahawkin chronic low back pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center offers optimism for chronic low back pain relief to Manahawkin back pain sufferers wanting to avoid or escape the opioid epidemic.

 
Chiropractic spinal manipulation at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is worthwhile over opioids for back pain control.