A new report published in The Lancet indicates that many patients presenting to multiple practice settings with lower back pain (LBP) receive less than optimal care, as evidenced by the fact that their symptoms often linger for up to a year. Perhaps worse, some are still prescribed opiates despite multiple studies showing they’re not the best choice for LBP, and they leave patients at increased risk for addiction. Pooling guidelines from the U.S., United Kingdom, …
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