"nothing else has worked for a chronic pain condition i have suffered with since a car accident in 1987 and several subsequent injuries. the hydrocodone drugs and neurontin don&#039;t begin to touch the pain. i have been seeing a highly-rated and competent specialist for 4 years now, and we have tried many different medicines alone and combined.  still the only long-term relief i have had in 22  years is from a combination of long-acting generic oxycodone 80 mg. every 8 hours (or more expensive brand-name oxycontin if it isn&#039;t) and short-acting 30 mg tablets of immediate-release oxycodone up to 1 every 4 hours. at last, i don&#039;t have to live out the rest of my life (i&#039;m 62) in misery and actually find myself more active than i&#039;ve been in years."