Opioids No Better for Acute Neck and Back Pain Than Non-Opioid Treatment

(MedPage Today) -- No significant difference was found in pain scores for opioid analgesics versus placebo for acute lower back or neck pain, the OPAL clinical trial found. At 6 weeks, mean pain scores on a 10-point scale were 2.78 in the opioid...
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