Everyone is different. Opioids helped me a great deal with both knee replacements. I don’t think I could have gone through it without them. They allowed me to get up and be mobile. I don’t think Tylenol would have done anything for that level of pain. I took them for four weeks, and withdrawal involved some weariness, irritability, and headaches for three days at most, but that was it. I am very glad my doctor did not agree with this study.
Yes, it’s harder to get addicted to opiods when you are using them to treat actual pain. But it’s very easy to keep taking them when you don’t need them anymore, and that’s where the trouble starts.
That’s what I did!