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Your statement is true. I have three physicians in my family, an Oncologist, a thorasic surgeon and an emergency room doctor at the local VA hospital. Each one of them echo what you heard, doctors are NOT recommending opioids like they did in the past (there are exceptions of course) and are indeed recommending the non addictive pain killers as an alternative.

Due to my active sports life, Celebrex was the miracle drug for me since it took away all the aches and pains I was suffering. It's not an addictive drug but rather an NSAID that does have certain side effects which I started experiencing after taking it for several years.

I was taking Ibuprofen for a number years like a vitamin and it ultimately caught up with me. It screwed up my stomach.

So my doctor recommended Tylenol acetaminophen which works pretty good but at least it doesn't interfere with my stomach.

I think what we are witnessing is a classic example of the MSM focusing on the medical community, blaming them for the opioid epidemic when the reality is that only a small number of that group are responsible for the prescription problem..............cue "we need government intervention and only Obamacare can fix it".