Studies show that Opioid use is linked with increased pain intensity, including leg pain and patients had more distress and less mobility than those not treated with opioids. https:/.pain.2013.03.011
According to Dr. Wendee Whitehead D.C. “These studies confirm what I have seen in over 20 years of practice. Patients treating the underlying cause of their pain return to normal function much faster than those masking the symptoms.