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: Received: 4 April 2024 / Approved: 7 April 2024 / Online: 7 April 2024 (10:56:06 CEST)
How to cite:
Halma, M.; Marik, P.; Saleeby, Y.M.; Tuszynski, J.A. Integrative Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review. Preprints2024, 2024040471. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0471.v1
Halma, M.; Marik, P.; Saleeby, Y.M.; Tuszynski, J.A. Integrative Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review. Preprints 2024, 2024040471. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0471.v1
Halma, M.; Marik, P.; Saleeby, Y.M.; Tuszynski, J.A. Integrative Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review. Preprints2024, 2024040471. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0471.v1
APA Style
Halma, M., Marik, P., Saleeby, Y.M., & Tuszynski, J.A. (2024). Integrative Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0471.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Halma, M., Yusuf M. Saleeby and Jack A. Tuszynski. 2024 "Integrative Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0471.v1
Abstract
Many people in the USA have lost their lives or become addicted to opioids via prescription opioids given for chronic pain. The chronic pain epidemic has emerged due to a convergence of factors, including the medicalization of pain as well as injuries happening in the workplace, in the home, or during recreation. Opioid prescriptions rose precipitously from the late 1990’s through to approximately 2020, and despite public awareness, still are increasing. This review examines literature on integrative approaches to chronic pain as delineated by pain type. The review is organized by the most common causes of chronic pain, and randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews are extracted for each cause of chronic pain. Several promising interventions may alleviate chronic pain of some causes, and some interventions may work across pain causes. Lowering inflammation through dietary or lifestyle regimens may be a general way of reducing pain. Pain can be alleviated through several adjunctive and integrative treatment approaches, which may serve to lower the need for opioid medication.
Keywords
chronic pain; opioid use disorder; musculoskeletal disorders; injury
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
