The goal is to avoid both surgery and use of any opioids.

So, Gaylord Specialty Healthcare recently unveiled a new option for those suffering with acute and chronic pain, offering treatments that take a non-opioid and non-surgical approach.

The Interventional Pain Center , which is located on the Gaylord Specialty Healthcare campus at 50 Gaylord Farm Road in Wallingford, offers targeted injections as well as nerve stimulators for patients.

Gaylord medical director Dr. Jerrold Kaplan said many patients these days are looking for alternatives to dealing with chronic pain.

“We have an opioid problem in the United States,” Kaplan said.

“People try not to use opioid medications whenever possible. In addition to the national epidemic, the medications also have severe side effects that

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