“If I can get them comfortable and relieve their pain, I’m delighted not to use opioids,” says Dr. Rosenberg.

Greg interviews Dr. Mark Rosenberg, the Chairman of Emergency Medicine and the Medical Director for Population Health at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System in Patterson, New Jersey. Alternatives to Opioids Program (ALTO) was born in the emergency wing of St. Joseph’s Healthcare System. Started in 2014, ALTO uses things like harp music as a form of non-opioid treatment or alternative medication. He says the St. Joseph’s team searched far and wide to come up with non-opioid treatments for pain relief. “If I can get them comfortable and relieve their pain, I’m delighted not to use opioids,” says Dr. Rosenberg. Despite not wanting to use opioids for pain treatment, Dr. Rosenberg explains that sometimes the use of opioids is necessary in severe pain cases.

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