My Wife who works with the Elderly has a different view then I of using them. I'm just plain stubborn when it comes to using them. LOL! I think it has to do with my past abuse of recreational drugs that makes me this way I don't know. I do know there are many sides to this story. Right now I'm suppose to be taking two and doing best I can to remember. I even have the daily pill boxes. LOL! Pain pills rarely work with nerve damage. Most of the pain pills on the market are garbage imo and are just another way to suck money out of us.