That's what happened to my dad. Used to do hard drugs including heroin in his early 20's, kicked the habit for decades. In his late 50s he had bad back problems, and all his doc would prescribe were opioids despite him telling his doc he was an addict.
The pain was so bad he took them as infrequently as he could manage hoping he could deal with it, but he spiraled back into addiction. Eventually he lost access to a prescription, and he and my uncle, who was going through the exact same problem, decided to go back to heroin. Both overdosed and died on what we assume was their first time trying it again.
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That's what happened to my dad. Used to do hard drugs including heroin in his early 20's, kicked the habit for decades. In his late 50s he had bad back problems, and all his doc would prescribe were opioids despite him telling his doc he was an addict.
The pain was so bad he took them as infrequently as he could manage hoping he could deal with it, but he spiraled back into addiction. Eventually he lost access to a prescription, and he and my uncle, who was going through the exact same problem, decided to go back to heroin. Both overdosed and died on what we assume was their first time trying it again.