Yes!
I had major surgery in December and they sent me home with only Tylenol 3.
I was in so much pain. Finally my gp who had nothing to do with the surgery, gave me Norco for a couple of weeks.
The surgeon was so terrified i get hooked.
I was like this is nuts. I have never drank even and have zero history.
Thank God for my GP was really angry he had to do their dirty work.
When taken AS PRESCRIBED, opioids have a very low, less than 2% addiction rate. Problem is people like how they feel, so,they take more and more, often mixing them with illegal drugs or alcohol, so addiction and deaths go up. Most deaths from legal opioids were from mixing either illegal drugs or alcohol or both at the same time.