Depends on the pain.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11649447" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11649447</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11649653" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11649653</a><p>I&#x27;m not saying &quot;Don&#x27;t ever prescribe opiates&quot;.  I&#x27;m saying &quot;Don&#x27;t prescribe opiates as a first option&quot;.<p>&gt; Personally I do not believe that GP&#x27;s should prescribe pain killers. [...] it should be left to specialists<p>I agree.  I didn&#x27;t point it out, but that&#x27;s what the guidance that I posted earlier says.