“The hazard ratio for opioid prescription… [showed] a significantly lower risk for receipt of an opioid prescription among chiropractic care users in the 365-day follow-up“.
Lisi AJ, Bastian LA, Brandt CA, Coleman BC, Fenton B, King JT, Goulet JL. The Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Prescriptions in Veterans Health Administration Patients Receiving Low Back Pain Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025 May 20:1-9.
“Patients receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation for spinal pain are less likely to be prescribed opioids … [and] had a lower risk of an opioid-related adverse drug events”.
Trager RJ, Cupler ZA, Srinivasan R, Harper EG, Perez JA. Association between chiropractic spinal manipulation for sciatica and opioid-related adverse events: A retrospective cohort study. PloS one. 2025 Jan 28;20(1):e0317663.