"i find methadone very effective and comforting as use as a pain reliever. i have been on morphine, percoset, vicoden etc, infact i grew an opiate addiction. i did not intend to shed my narcotics for a drug that is supposed to &quot;not carry a high/ or euphoric effect&quot; i was wanting to keep that feeling, yet still i was never really pain free. i could not function on a daily basis with the amount of pain i was in. my dr. recently switched me to methadone, and i am so relieved. it is very effective."