Pain meds does it magic, to help dull the pain as one example . Some have to take them short term or long term,however when the pain goes away and one still takes pain meds that's another issue.Sadly the King , along with Jonny Cash (he stopped), Marylin Monroe and many others including JFK all got hooked on pills made by Dr. Feelgood. These pills were strong and often started out as just a pain killer (JFK had a really bad back issue and at times had problems just standing up). Sad.. not to go on a tanget but ive seen some really good kids that got hooked on Oxy and other pain pills from a sports injury..