I've been reading about opioids and bone fractures. I never, ever before knew about opioids putting bone at risk. They reduce androgen. They impair the function of osteoblasts (which create bone.) This is very serious information.

I did agree to see a bone doctor in the past. I was told it would be an orthopedic specialist. This doctor struck me as awfully odd when I met him. He said there was nothing wrong with my neck that couldn't be reversed. I thought that was crazy. You can't "reverse" arthritis. Turned out he was not an MD. He was a D.O. - doctor of osteopathy. He was supposed to be a pain specialist. Seemed like a quack to me. He said I had "myofascial pain with trigger points." That's a diagnosis that D.O.s give to everyone with back pain. Regular MDs don't even recognize this diagnosis. I like to stick to mainstream medicine, not this alternative stuff.

I do agree that a real orthopedist or rheumatologist would be the proper consults to get.