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Emmer Advocates for Alternative Pain Management Options to Address the Opioid Epidemic

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Ensuring that non-opioid treatments and pain management techniques are available to patients is one of the most important steps we can take to curb the opioid epidemic.

Oct 7, 2021 · 8:02 PM UTC

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However, a proposed local coverage determination could make epidurals, a commonly used treatment for chronic pain that does not require opioids, less accessible to patients across the country.
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Today, I sent a letter urging leaders at the Centers for Clinical Standards and Quality and National Government Services to prioritize the availability of the procedure.
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