I haven't driven now in a couple of years for the same reason everyone else has mentioned. Also, on pain meds, you really need to take them at the same time, etc so they work, unless they are breakthru meds. I take my meds every 12 hrs, so I can't just not take one so I can drive. The levels must be kept at the right level for a lot of the meds to work. Just because I skip a pill, which I don't, doesn't mean I'm not under. I think if I was to skip a does, that I would be going under withdrawal. I was in OK for a friends daughters wedding. we were sitting around and the bride to be looked at me and asked me if I had taken my meds. I said no, I should have taken then about 2 hrs before. She told me to go take them. She is an EMt and she said that my puples were dialiated something fierce. She has been trained to notice the very very beginning of withdrawal, of someone who needs their meds. I was amazed. I had no idea that anyone could tell something like that in so short of time. or even that it affected my body by being late taking it. Opened up a whole new idea about my meds. Just my experien ce

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Mary