Before my double hip surgery, I was prescribed Oxi/Hydro, and thus became addicted. That was in 2015 around the height of the opiate market. My doctor prescribed it, I trusted it. Withdrawals were no fun.
Since then, for alternative chronic pain, I take a natural substance many former opiate users take, and swear by it. This organic substitute works for depression, anxiety, etc. It’s not FDA approved, and the reason is it threatens Big Pharma’s monopoly and payout to Government.
I don’t believe we folks with chronic pain are part of the human norm, nor are we weak.
Let me rephrase, chronic pain is the human norm. One who does not have chronic pain can not speak into it.
We are not weak. We just want to live a viable life.
My doctors and I decided it was to become addicted to opiates in my case and they gave me a prescription for ALL the Percodan I could eat, Unlimited for 3 months. My doctors scheduled me for 3 weeks in the hospital, 1 week to get clean, then surgery and 2 weeks to recover. I had NO REAL PAIN when I woke up, was clean and did not need the drugs anymore.
They don’t do this anymore, this was in 1979