Avoiding Opioid Pain Relievers

A recent study released by the CDC reported that there were more than 20,000 deaths due to prescription drug overdoses in 2008 and nearly 75% of those deaths were due to overdoses of opioid pain relievers (OPR) such as Vicodin and Oxycodone.  The report also indicated that during the period of 1999--2008, overdose death rates, sales, and substance abuse treatment admissions related to OPR all increased substantially. Public health interventions to reduce prescription drug overdose must strike a balance between reducing misuse and abuse and safeguarding legitimate access to treatment. That being said, it certainly makes sense to take advantage of natural types of healing such as that utilized by a chiropractic practice.  Chiropractic is the nation's largest natural healing profession.  Chiropractors do not prescribe drugs that simply mask the pain, but seek to get to the cause of a person's problem and correct this problem without the use of medicine or surgery.

Utilizing chiropractic treatment to resolve one's pains will certainly eliminate the possibility of accidental overdose or addiction to OPR prescription drugs.  For more information about alternatives to OPRs visit http://www.peyserchirorpactic.com/.