A staggering 21 percent of Americans contend with chronic pain, an umbrella term that encompasses a range of debilitating conditions.Over experienced chronic pain between 2019 and 2021, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention () shows. Doctors have many tools in their arsenal to treat conditions that cause severe, persistent pain, such as chronic back pain and frequent migraines. One of those tools is opioid painkillers which, while effective, carry a substantial risk of addiction.
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