> Many doctors will also refuse to prescribe the more addictive drugs out of fear of enabling addiction (this is a huge problem for people with chronic pain,
Most long term pain should not be treated with medication. That medication should be used short term to allow the sufferer to take part in rehabilitation.
Addiction to painkillers that do not work is a big problem for people with chronic pain, and now they not only have the chronic pain but also an addiction.
There's a segment on this radio programme where they visit a pain clinic in Bristol (UK) to talk to people who are taking huge amounts of opiod pain killers and not getting any relief from their pain.