KCTV: Chronic Pain: Safer Long-Time Solutions

June 28, 2022

An estimated 50 million American adults - or 20% - live with chronic pain, according to the CDC.

Many people turn to opioids or prescription painkillers to treat chronic pain, but there are many safer, long-term solutions. Dr. Jeffrey Foster talks to KCTV about other ways of treating it so you aren’t relying on opioids.

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