"i was on every pain medicine imaginable and even oxycontin for a few years. at first i thought it was the &#039;wonder medicine&#039; people talk about. after a while though, it caused me more problems than it was worth. the strange thing was, if i took the normal (prescribed) dose, i would actually feel like i had more pain than if i didn&#039;t take it at all, so i was always trying to take more because if i didn&#039;t take it i had withdrawals. then i was always caught trying to take more to avoid the pain or the withdraw. i finally got away from that and started taking methadone. a very small dose of methadone does fine with absolutely no side affects, no withdrawals if i don&#039;t need it that day, and no chasing the pain away."