"i recently had 3 very painful surgeries within 3 weeks. it&#039;s been a month &amp; one week since my last surgery &amp; i&#039;ve been on oxycodone ir 15mg every 3 hours (max 8 pills per day) ever since. i am a recovering heroin addict so this is a very slippery slope however i am now being tapered down very slowly by one pill every 2 weeks until i can be off of them completely. i have a very patient &amp; understanding pain mgmt dr. this med works extremely well as a pain reliever &amp; is also very calming. i see the potential for addiction &amp; the only downside is how fast tolerance develops. after a month &amp; a half i feel like i need 30mg every 3 hours to do what 15mg did before but still it eases my pain &amp; that is all that counts. i have zero side effects too!"