4 things to know about the rising rates of chronic pain in the US

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review)

As government and healthcare officials work to curb the use of highly addictive opioid prescription painkillers, a research paper published February in the journal PAIN suggests the number of Americans dealing with chronic pain is rising. Continue reading article here…

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