{"id":1447,"date":"2018-01-05T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T00:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2018-07-05T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:22:35","slug":"experts-offer-non-opioid-options-for-managing-chronic-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1447","title":{"rendered":"Experts: Non-Opioid Options for Chronic Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opioid abuse and addiction dominate the headlines these days. But these concerns obscure a larger story about the treatment of chronic pain in America.<\/p>\n<p>In this feature, I explore the shortcomings of opioids with respect to treating chronic pain \u2014 and offer some legitimate pain management alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/584455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experts Offer Non-Opioid Options For Managing Chronic Pain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opioid abuse and addiction dominate the headlines these days. But these concerns obscure a larger story about the treatment of chronic pain in America. In this feature, I explore the shortcomings of opioids with respect to treating chronic pain \u2014 and offer some legitimate pain management alternatives. Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experts: Non-Opioid Options for Chronic Pain<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,12,82,67,415,3],"tags":[1426,1425,24,157,827,832,1432,45,34,1428,1423,1430,1422,825,1424,1176,1382,68,1427,1431,1429],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biochemistry","category-consumer","category-health","category-medicine","category-psychology","category-science","tag-arachidonic-acid","tag-arthritis","tag-behavior","tag-cancer","tag-cox","tag-cox-2","tag-depression","tag-family","tag-insurance","tag-leukotrienes","tag-morphine","tag-nsaids","tag-nutrition","tag-opioid","tag-oxycodone","tag-pain","tag-painkiller","tag-pathology","tag-prostaglandins","tag-steroid","tag-vitamins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}