Wellbeing Checkup: Hope for Chronic Pain

It is estimated that up to 20% of US adults are dealing with chronic pain and 8% of US Adults have high-impact chronic pain. Many people with chronic pain have turned to opioids to treat their pain, but along with the highly addictive quality of these class of medications, there are toxicities that affect the organs from long-term usage and create additional medical issues. Dr. Hernan Bazan discusses the issues associated with suffering from chronic pain and daily use of opioids, offers some insights on traditional pain relievers, and how the next generation of therapies in development need to be a safe, potential alternative from opioids.