Oh wow, I can see myself in so many of those patients. I had been taking opioids for over 30 years, been clean since 2017 now and I feel so much better,more energy. Yes it stopped the pain but made me a zombie, I won't go near a opioid now and I was taking them as prescribed but it was taking more and more to stop my back pain, I'm 67 years old now and just take ibuprofen once a day and my back pain is relieved.