It's somewhat true. The amount of paracetamol needed to reduce severe pain can cause many health problems, while a low dose of opiates would manage the pain. With opiates, prolonged use is more of an issue.
So an opiate would be the safer option while getting a tooth pulled, but Tylenol would be safer for the recovery period.
Is it? I have seen Youtube videos mentioning large numbers of soldiers in Vietnam being addicted and being able to come off relatively easily when they got their normal life back.
(Saying that one of them might be one of the two Kurtzgesagt videos that they decided to remove afterwards).
This is true.
> opiates taken properly are safer than Tylenol
This is ridiculous.