Originally Posted by
Hondo Gravel
Hopefully science can produce something to replace opioids.
Hasn't happened yet. Mankind has been unable to produce a painkiller that isn't either opioid-based, or some derivative. It's simply the only thing that works. My wife has severe reactions to
any of the synthetics-- so her choices are literally "nothing," or morphine.
Try to fill a prescription for pseudoephedrine sometime. It's a decongestant. You used to be able to buy it over-the-counter as Sudafed and a bunch of others. Now you have to sign a form stating that you will not, under penalty of law, use the pills to make methamphetamine.