General Discussion

for hours with nothing for the pain, and then accused by my own dr of being a "drug seeker" because I asked for a small prescription to get me through the 8 weeks it took me to pass it, I have very little patience for people pushing these anti-opioid narratives.

And I know that what I went through was child's play compared with chronic pain patients.
And yes, I know there was a problem with over prescribing (I've experienced that too), but the pendulum has swung way to far in the other direction. And most of the problems these days are with street fentanyl, not prescription meds.

I watched my nephew try to detox from suboxone. Absolute hell. I don't know why it's being pushed so aggressively as an anti-addiction med when it's more addictive than just about anything.

IOW, I agree with you.