Health | Longevity | Vitality on Instagram: "Pain Treatment Is Finally Moving Beyond Opioids A long-overdue revolution is happening in pain management. Dr. Sanjay Gupta highlights a shift away from the reflexive prescription of opioids, which carry high risks of addiction and often fail to address chronic pain, toward a multidisciplinary, brain-centered approach. This new model focuses on treating the nervous system itself. This includes neuromodulation therapies, cognitive-behavioral therapy (C