In this Q&A you mentioned that patients that are perscribed opiates should have random urine tests, along with pill counts by their doctors. I have been taking opiates almost everyday for five years for severe chronic pain, and have never had any "habits formed". The fears about perscribing opiates for pain has been blown way out of proportion, mainly by the media. There is a huge difference between dependence and addiction. Dependence is an assumed outcome with any pain killer, even ibuprofen. Addiction is serious, but only constitutes a very tiny fraction of the people who take these kinds of medications.

You are perhaps a professional, but stating that opiate use should be avoided as though everybody who tries them will become addicted is not only silly but irresponsible. Clarifying this point in the future would be good, so that anybody who is taking your advice knows the facts and not just your opinion.

Thank you.