Jeff Langmaid presents a study on how chiropractic care affects pain medication use in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Many patients take prescribed painkillers but don't tell their chiropractor, raising safety concerns about concurrent medication and treatment.
Today's episode, all about research. Title of the study: Use of Prescribed Analgesics Before and After a Standardized Chiropractic Care Program Among Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study. So this study kind of dives into what I'll call the intersection of some really important, again, pragmatic items. Chiropractic care, number one. Spinal stenosis, probably something you see each and every day in practice. Medication use. Many of your patients probably on medications, whether they've told you or not. Patient safety. And really the big role that us as chiropractors can play in the healthcare system because patients with lumbar spinal stenosis are often taking pain medications. Absolutely no surprise. It's important just to be aware of that.
