Why are IV analgesics not harmful when used for surgery?

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Why the huge difference between a single small dose vs. what we typically know as dependency inducing? Is there even a slight risk of dependency after surgery? (Assuming the analgesic is only used during surgery, and not taken afterwards for postoperative pain)

Note: Harmful is not the word I was looking for, but I had to reword my post several times to stop it from being deleted

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when used for short amount of time for pain control, like during and after surgery, dependency rarely occurs.

When used recreationally and for long period of time, the risk of dependency increases dramatically.

the high dose of narcotics doctors give you is so short lived that people don’t normally have the chance to get addicted.

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