Evidence Brief

Résumé du livre

Over the past 2 decades, there has been a dramatic increase in opioid-related overdose deaths, dependence, and misuse. As a result, there is intense interest in non-opioid alternatives for treating chronic pain. Select Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) interventions may be a reasonable non-opioid treatment option in general, if they can improve pain at a magnitude comparable to opioids, but without serious side effects. Whether CIH interventions can reduce chronic opioid use is of great interest in the fight against the opioid epidemic. The evidence base regarding the effectiveness of select CIH interventions for reducing opioid use is extremely limited. We found no studies that evaluated the impact of tai chi or classic acupuncture on opioid use.