In 2018, 3.2 million Australians lived with chronic pain. More than two-thirds of them were of working age.About 40 per cent are forced into early retirement because of their condition.
Patients commonly manage it using opioids — drugs which are effective for pain relief, but carry the risk of addiction.According to the report, 823 Australians died due to misuse of prescription opioids in 2017-18. The death rate was highest among people between the age of 35 and 44.The dilemma for doctors and patients — opioids are effective at treating pain, but carry significant risks.Physiotherapists oversee exercise treatment, for example. Physicians prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs.
Doctors can also become authorised prescribers of medicinal cannabis, but as of January 31 this year, just 54 had done so. News.com.au spoke to Dr Mark Ware, a global expert on cannabis who has been helping patients manage chronic pain for decades and advising the Canadian government on the issue since the turn of the century.“Regular pain is useful. It tells you not to be an idiot, not to do that again,” Dr Ware said.
Suffering from severe back pain and every time GP asks me to go for test or take vitamins and keep visiting them but didn’t get any concrete solution where as CBD oil could have helped it.