Chiropractic or Pain Pills For Back Pain
Dr. Adrian Isaza is a chiropractor Internist practicing in Tampa, FL. Dr. Isaza specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions associated with the neuromusculoskeletal system while improving each patient's functionality and quality of life. Conditions treated include sciatica, neck pain, and arthritis pain,... more
The Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Aging Medical Information System estimates that adverse effects due to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, ibuprofen, and celecoxib are associated with more than 100,000 hospitalizations and more than 16,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Both nonselective and selective NSAIDS have now been shown to be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events. These studies, together with the outcomes of the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision to require 'black box' warnings regarding potential cardiovascular risks associated with NSAIDs, suggest that the use of NSAIDs as the sole strategy for gastro-protection in patients with arthritis and other pain syndromes must be reconsidered, particularly among those at risk for cardiovascular events.
Moreover, according to the Center for Disease Control in 2008, prescription pain killer overdose killed close to 15,000 people in the U.S. which is more than 3 times the 4,000 people killed by these drugs in 1999. Nearly half a million emergency department visits in 2009 were due to people misusing or abusing prescription painkillers. Due to the risk involved with over-the-counter analgesics and prescribed painkillers, chiropractic treatment is a safer and effective way of treating back pain.
In 2007, the American Pain Society and the American College of Physicians prepared a clinical practice guideline; they concluded that spinal manipulation was the most effective non-pharmacological treatment for acute and chronic low back pain.
