canyam73,

I have experience with friends and family getting addicted to oxy. The most important thing is to never double up. When you do, you can create a situation where your body needs the double dose to relieve the pain. Also, never break the pills. This destroys the extended release feature and causes you body to get hit with a lot of oxy at once. This is another way to get addicted or dependent.

Set up a system for keeping track of when you take an oxy. Getting stressed by pain and forgetting when you took one last is not uncommon.

Are you icing your neck ? You should be.

My best to you.