Has Tiger Woods publicly described the medications he uses for pain management?

1. What Woods has publicly admitted: treatment and a 2017 police report

In June–July 2017 Woods publicly said he was “receiving professional help” to deal with medications used for back pain and sleeping problems and later announced completion of an intensive program ^{[1] [4]}. At the May 2017 DUI arrest police reports and subsequent media accounts listed specific drugs found in his system or that he told officers he had taken — multiple prescription pain medications, and Vicodin is explicitly named in contemporaneous reporting ^{[1] [3]}. The New York Times and ESPN reported he had checked into a clinic for prescription medication and sleep-disorder treatment following back surgeries ^{[2] [1]}.

2. Media reconstructions versus Woods’s own statements

Some outlets compiled lists of medications tied to the 2017 incident, including painkillers and sleep aids, and medical commentary on their side effects ^[3]. Later retrospective pieces and timelines reference the 2017 toxicology summaries and name drugs reportedly found or mentioned — often in the context of his history of surgeries and chronic back pain ^{[5] [6]}. Those lists are journalistic reconstructions based on police reports and expert commentary, not a contemporaneous, exhaustive list issued by Woods himself ^{[3] [5]}.

3. What Woods has not publicly done, per available reporting

Available sources do not show Tiger Woods publishing a current, comprehensive, or ongoing list of all medications he is prescribed for pain management. Reporting documents his 2017 admission of taking prescriptions and his decision to enter treatment, and later stories reference those 2017 findings in timelines, but none of the provided pieces show Woods releasing a full, updated medication inventory or medical regimen ^{[1] [2] [5] [4]}.

4. Context: why specific disclosure is rare and contested

Public figures often limit medical-detail disclosures; Woods framed his 2017 disclosure around treatment and recovery rather than detailed prescriptions ^[4]. Journalists and medical writers used police reports and interviews with sources to name drugs and explain risks — for instance, Golf Digest detailed the medications Woods told police he was taking and their potential effects ^[3]. Those media reconstructions can mix direct quotes, police paperwork and expert inference; they are not the same as a patient’s formal medical disclosure ^[3].

5. Competing perspectives and implied agendas in coverage

Some commentators and former players expressed concern that Woods’s pain and surgeries create risk for medication issues, which fuels speculative coverage ^[7]. News outlets focused on the 2017 arrest and treatment as a public-health and human-interest story; timeline pieces and retrospective profiles frame medication use within a narrative of chronic pain and repeated surgeries ^{[5] [6]}. Trade or promotional sites and tabloids sometimes amplify alarmist takes or unverified claims; for instance, non-mainstream outlets and tabloids advance more sensational language about addiction risks not corroborated by Woods’s own public statements in the cited reporting ^{[8] [9]}.

6. Bottom line for your question

Tiger Woods publicly acknowledged problems with prescription medications, entered treatment in 2017, and is tied in reporting to specific drugs mentioned in police reports (including Vicodin) and to subsequent media lists derived from those reports ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Available sources do not show him publishing a full, up-to-date list of every medication he currently uses for pain management; that level of disclosure is not found in the cited reporting ^{[1] [2] [3]}.