Pain IS the problem. When you have something to offer besides second-hand hearsay, your opinion might have some value.
Pain is an expression of the problem. A symptom. Sometimes there is little you can do to stop it, but often there are treatments to alleviate the condition causing the pain.
And with Opiods, coming off the dose will make everything feel worse than it did before. They are NOT a good method for pain control in the vast majority of cases.