Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to non-opioid medications and physical therapies.
A new study of injured worker claims from 27 states by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) finds that both treatments using non-opioid pain medications such as NSAIDs and non-pharmacologic treatments such as physical therapy have been increasing, with the non-pharmacological remedies gaining the most.
Workers’ Comp Study Sees Increasing Use of PT Over Opioids
