"Mendenhall says they see thousands of patients a year with substance use problems and about half of them are addicted or dependent on opioids"
.Oct 2018 Oregon katu.com/news/local/sta…
Back pain is one of the most common reason someone goes to a physician in the United States. It’s also the leading reason someone is prescribed opioids, Roger Chou, M.D.
“I would say [the opioid crisis] is probably our number one public health issue at this time,” said Chou
Keeping in line with the OHA guidelines, Oregon Health and Science University doctors are now treating ACUTE back pain differently. Chou helped create the new back pain guidelines at the hospital.
ACUTE low #backpain is universes apart from debilitating incurable progressive serious life changing spinal #disabilities! Oregon Health Authority and HERC. Removing access to medications that help manage severe incurable pain should not be removed bc someone is low income, ever
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