Common Pain Meds Don’t Provide Relief for Most People

A study published in the September issue of the journal The Cochrane Library finds that aspirin or acetaminophen were only effective 30% of the time If you’re suffering from acute pain, don’t be surprised if aspirin or acetaminophen doesn’t do the trick for you. A new study finds that only about one-third of people who [...] Read more »

Prescription Drug Misuse on the Rise in Iowa

According to the Des Moines Register prescription painkillers are causing more than 12 times as many Iowa deaths as they did a decade ago, because the pills have become more readily available and many people falsely see them as a fairly safe way to get high, state leaders say. Dr. Dennis Weis, who runs a [...] Read more »

Options for Alleviating Low Back Pain Are Wide Ranging

An estimated 400,000 Americans, most over the age of 60, suffer from lumbar stenosis, one of the usual causes of low back pain and sciatica. This condition is a narrowing of the spinal canal (sometimes caused by arthritis, but with many other causes as well), which compresses the nerves traveling through the lower back into [...] Read more »