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Beckley physician pushes back on report critiquing pain management treatment

By WVVA  
   November 30, 2018

A Beckley doctor pushed back Thursday on a new report calling into question an alternative pain management treatment to pills. According to Dr. Andrew Thymius with the West Virginia Pain Institute, Spinal cord stimulators are used frequently in Southern West Virginia to treat pain. They work by blocking the pain signals to the brain.

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