DO what you have to do. Spouse takes all sorts medication for chronic pain. I don’t even take vitamins. The ER gave my kid morphine for a shoulder dislocation this week. 3 hour wait he couldn’t take the pain any longer as he waited to have it put back in.. When the orthopedist came out to speak with me he said he never gives morphine that it’s really not that strong. Go figure.
Be happy the ER doc spoke English. The last time our kid was in the ER the doctor didn’t speak a word of English and did nothing for him. Of course, it was a several hour wait because two drunk illegals had a wreck which somehow took preference over a little kid with a huge inflamed knot as big as a fist on his neck.
Just checking to see if you are reasonable on the subject.
Following the VA’s entirely irrational policy change, I expect to see a significant uptick in suicides.
I was put on a “push-button” voluntary morphine drip following knee surgery.