I have cervical arthritis and an arthritic sternum from two surgeries and some other chronic pain that I mostly live with.
But when it is too much, I take opioids....there is simply no substitute.
They are like any other drug except they make most folks feel relaxed and fairly happy but...they have can be used repsonsibly for pain....no doubt about it.
like any other drug, willpower and resist abuse.
I don’t drink or use anything else...period and never ever anything like Rush (allegedly)...my avaliability of narcotics is basically unlimited with my maladies...all of which require surgery but I don’t know how anyone short of bone cancer takes the doses we hear about...200mg of Oxycotin in a day...I do not take Oxycotin....I don’t like anything that long lasting...I’d rather have more short term control on my dosage
they are not telling the whole picture on this doc....
there have always been script doctors...in my day it was for quaaludes or amphetamines
acupuncture helps too but sorta hard to walk around like Hellraiser
I mainly posted this to show how arbitrary the law can be about treating pain. I remember reading a malpractice case where the doc was sued successfully for not adequately treating pain. Docs are between a rock and a hard place. When they dump the BATF & E, they can do the same with the DEA.