"thank you for sharing all these posts.  i have been in severe pain for almost 40 years.  i have been through doctors and pain medicine. i finally got prescribed this medicine last month. have had good results from it as the post say.  as like many, i feel embarrassed to ask for medicine. the dr.&#039;s make you feel like a drug addict asking for pain medicines.  this is sad when there are real people out there that need this medication."