[QUOTE=Imito;1082896]Jeesh! What makes you think you would be "drugged into a stupor"? Please have an intelligent conversation with someone who actually uses effective opioid pain medications like hydrocodone. The correct dosage and usage will not send you into a stupor. Don't rely on superstition and half-truths or propaganda.[/QUOTE

A lot of TBI patients DO run into trouble with opiates. We have altered brain chemistry and poor impulse control. I also live in an area where prescription opiate abuse is a REAL problem and, frankly, I don't know if I could trust the "new" me. What your brain and my brain can handle are very different things - and my neurologist should know that. He was too eager to bring out the heavy artillery and dismiss alternatives like massage, TENS, acupuncture, etc...