I feel for you having so many problems aftee hip replacement surgery. I have loved ones who had it done from having osteoarthritis. They say the surgery helped them. They still have problems because of the osteoarthrotis. I have heard hip replacement surgery is one of the hardest surgeries to heal from. Despite their issues they still lived very productive lives. I know they took meds to treat osteoarthritis. 1 of them also used mj. Here in my state it is illegal for medicinal nd recreational. Although you had a bad experience from surgery doesn't mean every surgery will turn out to be. I have had several surgeries over my short life and haven't had a bad outcome. Surgery will never make someone 100% like as if they never had a problem with whatever the issue is for having surgery.

There are many cases where someone may not be able to have surgery to fix the problem they are having. Its not because of the patients refusal to have surgery. Its the doctors themselves that will not perform surgery on some patients, because of the high risks to the patients. All othee nonsurgical measures will not fix the problem either. There are examples of patients who go through physical therapy and have had injections too. Both treatments only exacerbated the problem. It turns into a catch 22. Nobidy should suffee in pain if there is a way to help treat and manage their condition. Understandably, there are side effects with taking opiods. However, not everyone who takes opiods for long periods of time suffer with any side effects. Everyone who do take opiods for long periods of time are or become addicts.
The article you shared has some truth to it. But, it doesn't apply to everyone, nor every situation. What do you mean when you think someone is addicted, what does it entail?

I'm sorry to hear you have a loved one who became addicted to Vicodin and had to go to rehab for it. What were the symptoms she had tharlt classified her to be addicted?
I hate to hear she lost her hearing. I have never heard of anyone losing their hearing from taking opiods. Did a doctor tell her she lost her hearing solely from taking Vicodin?


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Diamond Tiger<3