{"id":1162,"date":"2020-10-30T07:35:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calculating-boat.flywheelsites.com\/first-things-first-after-a-car-accident-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T01:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:24:48","slug":"choose-chiropractic-to-avoid-opioids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcwellness.com\/choose-chiropractic-to-avoid-opioids\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Chiropractic to Avoid Opioids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) <\/a>in 2019, an average of 130 Americans per day were dying of an opioid overdose. In fact, the opioid epidemic has caused an unprecedented crisis for everyday Americans who trusted their doctors to prescribe safe medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1990\u2019s, physicians were assured that the new class of opioid drugs were not addictive and could be safely prescribed to those suffering pain, such as after a car accident. This led to hundreds of thousands of citizens being given opioids to combat their pain, to devastating results. By 2017 an average of 47,000 Americans were dying from the usage of these medications; and  1.7 million were dealing with crippling addictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How could this happen? There are several reasons that opioids became so prolific. As stated above, the pharmaceutical industry told doctors that the drugs were safe to prescribe, and they did so freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second societal reason for the rapid acceptance of opioids may be the legality of drug advertising  to the direct consumer. The United States is one of only a handful of countries which allows this type of advertising, and the drug companies take advantage of it. Consumers are inundated with information regarding pharmaceutical drugs \u2013 whether over TV, radio, or in print. Over time, many consumers believe that the only answer to their pain is a painkiller, and insist on this type of remedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one blames the unsuspecting patient, who is simply in pain and looking for relief. For years, the data showing the addiction rate was not available, and many well meaning doctors prescribed these medications. But these statistics are now available, and may be shocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n