Thank you for bringing this up. I'm 73 yo male with joint surgeries dating back to 1997. Those older surgeries are wearing out and arthritis has gotten really bad. Had spine surgeries, last one in 2020. I've been through same stuff as most people here except I'll say I've used oxycodone in small amounts for 20 some years. After the 2020 spine surgery I've had true chronic pain and take 20-40 mg of oxycodone a day. I have no ill effects and I see pain mgt once a month for a script. Recently my left shoulder stopped responding to cortisone shots and I looked into a replacement. I made a date and then cancelled it because the more I read about old folks like me having problems. So... I'm going to look into the Hyaluronic shots and the dry needling. I've been using a vibrating heat pad and tens machine which help a lot but always looking to avoid these surgeries. One thing about the Oxy, I can't sleep through the night without it. The pain in my back is terrible and the Oxy mitigates it in 20 or so minutes. I guess I've been fortunate that it appears my experience with opioids is what it was supposed to be. I've never taken more than 5mg except right after my back surgeries. My best friend that I grew up with died from liver cancer. He drank a lot, had a bad work injury and ate Oxycodone by the handful. He was about 5o when he died a terrible end of life. So thanks for the tips, we are always hoping something can make life better.