Only for a short time after four broken ribs and a punctured lung. Apparently, if there is too much pain, the patient breathes too shallowly which leads to pneumonia, so an opioid of the right dosage allows normal breathing. I went off them as soon as I could to avoid addiction.
Nope. I've been prescribed them on many occasions, but I never even filled one prescription. My viewpoint: medications aren't good for the body, so the less of them you use the better off you are.
I take opioids in anticipation of pain, Just kidding. I took them once when I had a wisdom tooth pulled but I didn't HAVE to take them. I didn't like the way they made me feel.
I took one when I had my wisdom teeth removed. They had to cut into my gums and remove them before they came in. I took one pill and usher the rest down the toilet. I hated how I felt when I took it.
No pain pills here. I've had quite a few surgeries and two babies and pain pills were not part of any of it. I have a high threshold plus I am stubborn.
I took some kind of pain prescription when I had my first wisdom tooth extracted. They did very little for me and I wound up taking aspirin which worked better. I had a shot or morphine in the ER when I had a kidney stone. Other than that, OTC meds work just fine.