CDC guidelines underscore the benefits of alternative therapies to help reduce American’s reliance on opioid pain medications, but public and private health insurance policies are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy, psychological counseling and other non-drug alternatives to opioid medication for treating lower back pain, according to the findings of a new study (JAMA Network Open. 2018;1[6]:e183044).
CDC guidelines published in 2016 state that