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Originally Posted by frozenchief
No, I am not a physician, nor am I a drug treatment provider, but based upon my experience and what I have studied, as outlined above, I am qualified to say that the risks someone will develop drug-seeking behavior from taking pain meds as directed following surgery are low.
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You are in no way qualified to make that statement.
The current recommendation is to remain on opiates for the shortest time possible for acute and post-operative pain due to the risk of dependence.
You have back-pedaled significantly from your original statement that it takes "months or longer" to develop an addiction. I have shown you evidence that the risk increases significantly at the 5 day and 15 day mark.