Due to my rash of medical conditions, I've had to take the hard stuff for almost two years now.

My docs tried everything on me -- ultram was a joke, fentanyl patches had no effect, oxycontin was worthless, and oxycodone was the same --

Relief wasn't found until a trip to the emergency room because I couldn't take it anymore -- and an Intern -- yes, an intern -- prescribed methadone.

Morphine has no effect on me. When I have to have surgeries, I dread them, because I have to do it with no pain control. They can even hook me up to pumps of it and inject me and nothing.

Methadone -- I've been on 10 mg every 8 hours now for 20 months -- keeps me from committing suicide.

That's not an exaggeration.

(And, I only pay $10 cash for a month's worth. That's great on a tight budget. No insurance cut either.)

Mellie

(arachnoiditis/Chiari malformation/syringomyelia C1-T9/C4 shunt/DDD)