I tend to wonder if this should worry me are not but due to me breaking my neck in 2007, combined with severe head trauma, a coma for 34 days, and a hospital stint of about four months ... I have been on OxyContin for roughly 2 years. In order to stay out of terrible agony, I must take 120 mg three times a day. That's a lot of narcotics!!

My question is that I never, ever get a buzz off the medication. I'm wondering why that is?? Is it the case that those who really need the medication never really get a high from it? I can recall going to the dentist office and getting Vicodin, and loving it because I got a great buzz off it. You would think Oxy would pack a much better buzz, but the truth that told it does nothing.

Can anyone help me understand this? Please know, that is not why I take this medication and that is not what I'm looking for. I could care less about the buzz - I just want the pain to stop, and thank God this medication stops in. Frankly, I just thank God that it really does kill the pain that I have. But I must admit I am curious as to why it doesn't pack the buzz that so many people talk about.

Thanks folks,

Joe