"i suffered burst fractures, nerve damage, spinal cord damage, due to a bad car accident in september &#039;09. not only has ms contin worked well, it&#039;s relatively inexpensive compared to other extended release medications. people talk about how great the fentanyl patch is for chronic, severe pain. but you can&#039;t control the amount of medicine entering your system, it&#039;s unpredictable, certain brands are being recalled because of defective pouches. plain old morphine. it&#039;s been around forever and nothing works as well. the only problem is i&#039;ve grown tolerant and needed 2 increases in the past year. i guess that will happen with any medication. with my latest increase (100mg 4x daily) i&#039;ve been able to cut down on the oxycodone by half!"