Agreed. If it is for a temporary condition, like recovering from surgery, it should only be used to get past the worst of the pain. Then patients should be switched to something else. I took Hydrocodone for about a week after I got off the oxycodone, and then just aspirin and like that after. I was still in pain, but it was manageable at that point.
I don't like taking painkillers any more than I absolutely have to. I know what happens if you take them for too long.
Oops, oxycontin, not oxycodone. I knew something didn't look right about that, just counldn't put my finger on it until after I'd hit the post button.