I guess it’s also an cultural issue. If it’s ok to mute any pain, then not giving opioids is maybe not even considered. My father had 2 bad operations last yea

I guess it’s also an cultural issue. If it’s ok to mute any pain, then not giving opioids is maybe not even considered. My father had 2 bad operations last year. He suffered a lot of pain afterwards, but he refrained from taking strong drugs. I’m not sure if he did the right thing and if I’d do the same. But there’s is definitely middle ground between killing every pain and enduring all of it. I found this article interesting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-germany-vicodin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-ge...