. >> reporter: and a resulting dependency on prescription painkillers-- oxycontin, methadone, and norcohat had left her foggy and barely functional. >> i couldn't lift my daughter, couldn't care for her. >> reporter: but then crane's story took a dramatic turn that has led her on a very different path thanks to this doctor and a new effort by one of the country's largest health care providers to tackle this national emergency. dr. anh quan nguyen is a kaiser permanente pain specialist who has been prescribing crain and other patients alternative therapies, all covered by kaiser's insurance plan. including needles in the back carefully placed by an acupuncturist. mindfulness at the clinic. yoga training which she often practices in a local park. and, perhaps most importantly, she's been prescribed fewer and fewer pain pills. in fact, crain is now taking just a small percentage of the meds she was once on, a result at first she didn't think was possible. >> how am i going to do this? how am i going to, you know, get to clean my house? how am i going to you know, get up in the mornings? an

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