No condition gives more relief when treated sufficiently to both patient and physician than chronic pain. Every day, the problem of pain plagues millions of people in our society, pain decreases our productivity and our ability to enjoy life pain interferes with our sleep and our ability to manage the day to day tasks.

And some studies have shown that pain that interferes with daily life can also be associated with an increased risk of mortality. Traditional medicine will often treat pain with an anti-inflammatory or analgesic like acetaminophen. If these do not work often, the person has been prescribed a stronger anti-inflammatory medication.

And if the pain persists or does not respond to these medications, Prescribers often feel there is little choice, but to resort, to opioids like morphine, oxycodone and hydromorphone, all of these medications come with their own set of contraindications and possible drug interactions.

And none of them is without side effects. In the words of today’s guest pharmacist, Graham McKenzie, this has resulted in an opioid epidemic that has destroyed lives and shattered the public’s belief in the pharmaceutical system. This begs the question. What if there was another option?