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The opioid problem in the US is extreme and my personal opinion is that it has many doctors erring on the side of caution.

My husbands surgeon wasn't going to continue the pain med after the second refill of thirty tabs Percocet. We had a heart-to-heart with his surgeon explaining there are times he's in tears and can barely move. We also explained that he was now actually only taking a half tab two to three times a day (far under the prescribed one tab every four to six hours).  Because of this (and the fact that we have a medical professional in the family that is helping me keep an eye on the usage) we were able to come to an agreement to continue with pain med on an "as needed" basis within reason, it was also suggested we try flipping to Codeine as it has had a binding effect on other patients.

Everyone is different, as is their tolerance to pain, some folks need the pain med longer than others. My rule of thumb has been to keep a log of what he's taking and when. I've actually kept them in a file going back to the day he got home from the hospital after J-Pouch construction and refer back to them now and again.

Keep faith, it will get better...slowly.

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