I was told that once you are on a specific opioid pain med for over a year, you are now addicted to it whether you want to admit it or not.
Where I grew up in the south...I’d take a guess that 10-percent of the guys between thirty and sixty....are regularly taking opioid pain meds. They have no intentions of quitting because they have work or old football injuries, and it’s the only thing that deadens the pain. Fine....but you can’t rely upon these people after a year or two, and they’ve doubled their dosage level. These are people are no real use for a company, and can’t be relied upon to work in a safe fashion anymore. You might as well give them some medical retirement deal and just let them stay home.