# Positive News Abt American "Opioid Crisis"

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/positive-news-abt-american-opioid-crisis/15206>\
**Category:** Medication\
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/positive-news-abt-american-opioid-crisis/15206 "2019-01-02T18:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![azurelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@azurelle](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/azurelle)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/positive-news-abt-american-opioid-crisis/15206/1 "2019-01-02T18:53:19Z")

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I thought this article was very encouraging. It sounds like some sense is finally being applied to the “crisis” the news keeps raving about:

> **[Federal Task Force Highlights Ways to Limit Opioid Exposure](https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/907112?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=289271PY&impID=1849652&faf=1)**
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> A draft report urges a look at how reimbursement policies limit access to less addictive pain treatments. It also encourages a review of the potential benefits of physical therapies and meditation.

Follow the links in the article to even more articles about common sense actions that are being called for going forward.

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**Author:** ![Larry2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Larry2](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Larry2)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/positive-news-abt-american-opioid-crisis/15206/2 "2019-01-15T18:19:16Z")

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Are you kidding…Unless you yourself have had cancer, tn2, a fractured spine, etc. don’t even dream non use of an opioid based medicine can be replaced by those methods.

JUNKIES overdose. Patients using opioids= less than 2% overdose.