As the opioid crisis continues in the United States, the FDA released proposed changes back in May of 2017 that is an educational blueprint for health care providers on treating pain.
“[Health care providers] should be knowledgeable about the range of available therapies, when they may be helpful, and when they should be used as part of a multidisciplinary approach to pain management,” the agency wrote in the proposal.
Read the full PBS article ‘FDA proposes that doctors learn about acupuncture for pain management’ here