Damn brother!!!!! It hurts just imagining what you must be going through. I really respect the time you have taken to help this brother out by telling him to get off the pain meds. I was a junky for 3 years and in that time i met many others that ended up in the same boat as me and they all had one thing in common, pain meds. They almost all had back pain of some kind and after years of pills they made the leap to heroin because the pills didnt work anymore. Shit if i couldnt score i would take 10 vicadin and they barely gave me any relief. And kicking opiates is a pain i dont wish on anybody.
Anyway , i hope you try the injections and get off those pills
@Nolimitbody, opiate addiction is pure hell.