Margaret DoylePain doctors: Insurance companies won't cover the alternatives to opioidsverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Harrison JacobsOver the past decade, the US has undergone an opioid epidemic. Prescriptions for opioid painkillers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, and morphine have skyrocketed — and, with them, the number of overdoses related to opioids. The trend has been decades in the making. Increases in painkiller …