Opioids not superior in chronic back pain


A US clinical trial has found that non-opioid pain medicines are just as good as opioids in chronic back, hip or knee pain The small, year-long study, which focused on 240 veterans with chronic back pain or hip or knee osteoarthritis, aimed to compare opioid versus non-opioid medications on pain-related function, pain intensity and adverse

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