Category Archives: "Opioids"

Non-Opioid Treatment Alternatives
A bill for non-opioid treatment alternatives was recently introduced by Senator Hise of McDowell County at the North Carolina General Assembly. The bill would require health care practitioners, as the first line of treatment, to provide [...]
Acupuncture and the Opioid Crisis
The Opioid Crisis and the NADA Protocol The opioid crisis in the United States has gotten significant media attention in the last few months.  The Federal Government has also taken notice.  The CDC has developed guidelines for [...]
Pain Medication: An American Epidemic
Pain Medication: An American Epidemic According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), forty (40) Americans die every day from prescription opioid overdoses. Doctors are overprescribing opioids such as Percocet, [...]
Ear Acupuncture and the NADA Protocol
Ear Acupuncture, and the NADA protocol, sometimes referred to as "five point ear acupuncture," is an auricular protocol in which fine, stainless steel needles are inserted into five acupuncture points in the ear.  In some [...]
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