You can also add in the crap Black Box labeled FDA APPROVED PHYSCHE DRUGS ALL TO FREELY DISPENSED.
Cymbalta is a anti-depressant and now scripted for OA pain. Black Box warning for SUICIDE as are many of these type drugs.
These new “FAKE OPIOID CRISIS” drug laws will add to the Suicide rates or death rates as they accelerate Hyper Tension. I’d been on Valium 20 mg stable for 10 yrs for Fibromyalgia, I’ll be 70 this year. OA is a norm for my age group to boot. FMS patients don’t tolerate many meds well, so do a number of diseases like Ehlers-Danlos syndromes(EDS), Syndromes are what the Med community use to identify a group of symptoms, until they decide to label it a ‘disease’.
11 tried/FAILED supposedly FDA approved FMS drugs which was once a Syndrome now labeled a disease, ER trips for some of them. Jan 1, primary cut off that Valium out of fear from losing License. CARDIO had to add a Beta Channel Blocker on Jan 4 for PAIN DRIVEN HYPER TENSION that was very minor due to an Enlarged Heart small Mitral Valve leak, that became MAJOR over night due to Extreme INTRACTABLE PAIN left UNTREATED.
I completely agree with you about the fake opioid crisis, and I have posted on that subject several times.
Bottom Line...
In exchange for a small reduction in the number of people who deliberately or accidentally die from prescription opioids, there will be millions of completely honest Americans who will now have to beg for pain medication every month.
Best of luck to you as you deal with your health issues.