Opiod pain killer addiction?
That makes sense.
If you are using a high level of painkillers, and then have to stop, the pain is magnitude times WORSE.
Not excusing this, but to be honest I know people who have done some rather horrible things when the opioids are cut off. One reason I will deal with pain and never take them.
“Opioid pain killer addiction?”
If he did have an opioid addiction, it is likely from illicit drugs, not prescription opioids. Prescription drugs are not responsible for the opioid OD rates. Addiction is very low with prescription opioids
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15487
“Among youth filling an initial opioid prescription, median age was 18 years (IQR, 16‐21) and 56.1% were female. During the subsequent 12 months, 10,405 (0.3%) youth experienced an opioid‐related complication.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33814132/
“In every state examined, there was no consistent relationship between the amount of prescription opioids delivered and total injury-related mortality or any subgroups, suggesting that there is not a direct association between prescription opioids and injury-related mortality.”