However, many
studies of pain treatment — testing everything from drugs to acupuncture — have found that people on the sham therapy commonly get some relief.
In fact, it is estimated that more than two
thirds of the pain treatment regimens currently being used for lumbar spinal stenosis consist of drugs like pregabalin that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the condition.
Still a bundle of energy, Mackey enthuses about the
future of pain treatment in general, calling current technology «the dark ages».
Those other victims being people in desperate
need of pain treatment who can not now get it because of fears related to the prescribing and use of opioids.
With no known side effects, this therapy is perfect for small animals including those that are elderly who may have other medical concerns that limit what
kinds of pain treatments they can tolerate safely.
[162] Since the accident, the plaintiff has been in constant pain, notwithstanding an aggressive
regime of pain treatment through medication and other therapies.