Great topic and post Latoya. Studies shows that with pain affecting 100 million Americans, 25 millions of whom they report chronic daily pain at an estimated cost of $560-635 billion/year, addressing chronic pain in primary care setting has the potential to be the solution to delivering high-quality, readily accessible pain management (Mills, S., Torrance, N. & Smith, B.H. Curr. 2016). Recent research also noted that only 52% of patient with chronic pain are managed in primary care while the rest goes to specialist care providers. Primary care management of chronic pain management should be based on holistic and evidenced-based that combines both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches that includes psychology, self-management, physiotherapy,
