something's shitty with this study.


I was a football player and knew people on opiod meds for a long time due to serious injuries.  I am friends with several burn victims (long story) and those guys were juiced on high grade stuff for a LONG time.


do I know a couple guys over the years who turned into addicts? Yes.  But this is literally a few dozen people who were on significant pain killers for long term.  


so I don't believe the study. This has to be an agenda of the "you must live in pain" crowd.

This means that 20% of the 1,000,000 people who get joint replacement surgery every year are junkies.   I must live in a bubble, because I know quite a few JRS patients, none of whom are addicts.    

What I do know is that because of assholes like the authors of OPs cited article, I had a devil of a time filling gf's scripts in Chicago after her first knee replacement.   After the second one, we made a point of getting them filled at the hospital, way out in Winfield (home of Cantigny museum for you history buffs).

I call bullshit too.  I've had two weeks worth of hydrocodone several times for broken bones (different occurrences ).  I've somehow managed to not get hooked and go pill shopping for more of the things.

None, I was just happy to get the fuck out of China. Riding in a plane for 16 hours then waiting in an airport for another 6 to catch another flight for 3 hrs to get home probably helped.

Never happen to me:  After every surgery I have ever had I always stopped taking opiods/opiates 2-3 days afterwards.

Can't stand the constipation and they don't really do much more than ibuprofen at that point.

I just had knee surgery in February and took Percocets for three weeks as prescribed.  The first few days the itching drove me nuts, not to mention the drunk feeling from them.  I took them for recovery and rehab, but I am always concerned about getting hooked.  Taken plenty of Lortabs and Tylox in the past for other surgeries as well, but I still think of it like I'm playing with fire every time they're prescribed and I try to get off them as quick as possible.