In the ” CAM therapies among primary care patients using opioid therapy for chro

In the ” CAM therapies among primary care patients using opioid therapy for chronic pain” article, CAM is stated to be a treatment method used to treat chronic pain. Some examples they state CAM uses for chronic pain is acupuncture, chiropractic care, herbal medicine, hypnosis, imagery, and so on. You can tell that all of these examples are alternatives in medicine.
Acupuncture is commonly used for the treatment of pain. This type of alternative has been used in Asia for centuries to relieve pain. The pain that acupuncture targets is mostly low back pain, nerve pain, headaches, menstrual cramps, and fibromyalgia. Acupuncture involves fine needles that are put into the pain points. The treatment of acupuncture is a course of 6-12 sessions in a three month period to get full affect. This alternative medicine can be used to relieve pain. The risks of acupuncture are low. The biggest complication of acupuncture is that of putting the needle in the wrong spot, and even then, a physician is inserting the needle so although it can happen, there is a small chance. Another risk would have been the needles and inserting them into different people, increasing the risk of hep B or HIV. It is known now that the needles used are, or should be, in single use needle packages. The benefits of acupuncture can be in alternative to taking pain medications over and over again but instead, by releasing endorphins and affecting serotonin in the body. This method could be a good one to use for those getting treated for opioid or pain medication addiction.