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Searching for solutions to back pain can lead sufferers into an expensive and sometimes dangerous maze of ineffectual treatments, procedures and pills, journalist and investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin found. Illustration by leremy/via Adobe

Health Jun 08

How the back pain industry is taking patients for an unhealthy ride

By Danielle Venton and Jon Brooks, KQED Future of You

A ‘civil war’ over painkillers rips apart the medical community

As doctors and regulators restrict access to opioid treatments, many patients who genuinely need drugs to manage their pain say they are being left behind.

By Bob Tedeschi, STAT

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