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New Study Seriously Questions the Effectiveness of Opioids
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Some 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain that interferes with their daily lives. For years, doctors have prescribed opioids as the go-to for pain medication — they are supposed to be great for intractable, debilitating pain. But opioids are also highly addictive, prone to abuse, and have played a role in thousands of overdose-related deaths.
A new study led by Dr. Erin Krebs, primary care physician and researcher at Minneapolis VA, has found that for most common forms of chronic pain, opioids are no better than other less dangerous pain relievers. The study compared opioid and non-opioid medications in 240 patients over a period of 12 months. Dr. Kerbs joins The Takeaway to discuss her findings.
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