It seems that if opioids and opiates did not relieve long term pain the entire pain management industry would implode because health insurance would not pay for

It seems that if opioids and opiates did not relieve long term pain the entire pain management industry would implode because health insurance would not pay for the millions of prescription pain management doctors write. I have my own opinions about pain management doctors but that aside' insurance companies are very quick to deny something with no medical benefit or no medical basis for the prescription/procedure. I know people with debilitating pain that have been on pain melds for over a decade and while the medications do not make the pain disappear it makes it manageable. Some people are not candidates for surgery and have to manage with medications. Bottom line though, individuals who have been using these drugs for so long whether for a legitimate reason or not suffer from memory issues, fatigue, irritability, impulse control, etc and those factors can certainly have an impact on children.