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an initial prescription of just a few days' worth of pills can trap patients into using the highly addictive, often deadly drugs for a year or more I call BS o

an initial prescription of just a few days' worth of pills can trap patients into using the highly addictive, often deadly drugs for a year or more I call BS on this. Maybe if you have an unresolved underlying chronic pain, this could be true. But many people get a hydrocodone prescription after surgery or dental work and do not go on to become addicts. And no, Tylenol is not great for acute pain. It does very little for me in fact. Ibuprofen or aspirin work better in my experience.

jgrahamc 9y ago
Well, it's so vague that it's impossible to draw much conclusion. The word 'can' could mean 'at least one' person had that experience.
ben_jones 9y ago
I've met a few people who got addicted to pain killers at 15/16 years old. It started with a small prescription after dental surgery or similar, their parents left them to their own devices to take meds as needed. When the prescription was up they then went out and bought it on the street because they wanted the feeling to keep going. Some people are simply vulnerable, and even a little temptation is too much.
- astura 9y ago
  Yep, same. My cousin got addicted in his late 20s after shoulder surgery. My friend got addicted in his late teens after knee surgery.
maccard 9y ago
Can you link to the studies that you've performed that demonstrate this? Because there havebeen multiple discussions on this site where studies have proven that people _do_ get addicted over short term, unnecessary high doses.
- bobcostas55 9y ago
  Take a look at this: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-... >According to the large, annually repeated and representative National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 75 percent of all opioid misuse starts with people using medication that wasn’t prescribed for them—obtained from a friend, family member or dealer. And 90 percent of all addictions—no matter what the drug—start in the adolescent and young adult years. >A Cochrane review of opioid prescribing for chronic pain found that less than one percent of those who were well-screened for drug problems developed new addictions during pain care; a less rigorous, but more recent review put the rate of addiction among people taking opioids for chronic pain at 8-12 percent.
- ejstronge 9y ago
  The study that most people reference in this setting[1] simply associates days of opioid usage to likelihood of using opioids in the long term. A simple (and very likely) explanation is that people who need opioids for ten days are likely suffering from chronic pain. Are you thinking of a different study? 1. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6610a1.htm#F1_up https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6610a1.htm#F1_up

jgrahamc 9y ago

Well, it's so vague that it's impossible to draw much conclusion. The word 'can' could mean 'at least one' person had that experience.

ben_jones 9y ago

I've met a few people who got addicted to pain killers at 15/16 years old. It started with a small prescription after dental surgery or similar, their parents left them to their own devices to take meds as needed. When the prescription was up they then went out and bought it on the street because they wanted the feeling to keep going. Some people are simply vulnerable, and even a little temptation is too much.

astura 9y ago
Yep, same. My cousin got addicted in his late 20s after shoulder surgery. My friend got addicted in his late teens after knee surgery.

maccard 9y ago

Can you link to the studies that you've performed that demonstrate this? Because there havebeen multiple discussions on this site where studies have proven that people _do_ get addicted over short term, unnecessary high doses.

bobcostas55 9y ago
Take a look at this: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-... >According to the large, annually repeated and representative National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 75 percent of all opioid misuse starts with people using medication that wasn’t prescribed for them—obtained from a friend, family member or dealer. And 90 percent of all addictions—no matter what the drug—start in the adolescent and young adult years. >A Cochrane review of opioid prescribing for chronic pain found that less than one percent of those who were well-screened for drug problems developed new addictions during pain care; a less rigorous, but more recent review put the rate of addiction among people taking opioids for chronic pain at 8-12 percent.
ejstronge 9y ago
The study that most people reference in this setting[1] simply associates days of opioid usage to likelihood of using opioids in the long term. A simple (and very likely) explanation is that people who need opioids for ten days are likely suffering from chronic pain. Are you thinking of a different study? 1. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6610a1.htm#F1_up https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6610a1.htm#F1_up