UTD Smoker, see what your doctor says about the pain meds. It's true that they're nearly always reluctant to prescribe them to people and are very conservative about doing so because the risk of both abuse and liver toxicity are so high. Most of those meds are highly addictive and dangerous. And no, I don't know of any of the heavy-duty prescription painkillers that's not a potential danger to your liver. They nearly all are. If all else fails and your pain's so bad, you could always have your doctor try and refer you to a pain management specialist, who might know more about what to try.

As far as HS being a condition that would be a justifiable condition for a medical MJ card in a medical-MJ-friendly state, I have no idea about that, hun. I think most of those states have lists of various conditions for which medical MJ is indicated, but I would think the prescribing docs would be open to adding other conditions, especially if they involve pain, which we know several strains of cannabis are good for. Good luck to you!