Great post as always.. Thanks you for your professional perspective ... I'm not a doctor as you are. But the people with acute and chronic pain have spoken out about this very issue. Opioids are needed and here to stay. I do not agree with IB's post and the growing market argues against his post. Many people suffer daily with pain that don't choose to abuse their medication. Sometimes I believe people here think we are in this market to just curb opioid abuse for drug addicts. We are not. We are here to provide an alternative for pain relief that is not addictive. All in my opinion of course.
Its early in the morning here and you've got me wanting jambalaya. That said: the opiod gene is out of the bottle all we can do is make the right wishes.