"this is the best pain reliever i have ever encountered. i have been prescribed opiate painkillers for three years starting with hydrocodone, oxycodone, demerol, and dilaudid by far is the best on the market. i have osteocondritis dicassen along with acute chronic tendinitis and severely pronated talus bones in both of my ankles. i have finally found a pain management clinic that is willing to work with you and takes opiate tolerance into consideration when prescribing. i just stopped taking 4 x 80mg  oxycontin with the new formulation and switched to dilaudid 8 mg 4 to 6 times daily. it is the best thing that has ever happened to me. "