Voices for Non-Opioid Choices is a nonpartisan coalition committed to addressing the opioid epidemic head-on. By increasing patient and provider access to non-opioid therapies and approaches for managing acute pain, this organization aims to prevent opioid addiction before it starts. Currently, many acute pain patients receive powerful and addictive medications to manage their pain, especially in surgical settings.

Startlingly, 9. 2% of patients (equivalent to 3. 75 million individuals) continue long-term opioid use after low-risk surgeries.

Additionally, an average of 80 opioid pills are prescribed to patients after orthopedic surgery, regardless of necessity. To break this cycle of abuse, Voices for Non-Opioid Choices advocates for systemic change at the individual, provider, and community levels. They believe that by ensuring all patients have access to safe and effective non-opioid approaches to managing acute pain, a meaningful impact can be made in the fight against the opioid epidemic.

Join Voices for Non-Opioid Choices in their mission to prevent opioid addiction and promote comprehensive pain management