"i have been dealing with nerve pain left over from shingles about 3 years ago. the rash left but the pain did not. i tried several different narcotic medications from a pain clinic but i had to keep going to the er for breakthrough pain. i got tired of this game and and got hooked on narcotics: dilaudid and fentanyl patches to name a few. then i was introduced to an aquaintence who was recieving methadone from a treatment center. i left the pain center (i was not happy with my treatment there) and started methadone and my life has changed 100 percent. i like this medication because it takes care of the debilitating nerve pain and doesn&#039;t make me feel fuzzy and out of it as the other medications did. i am a mother and i can&#039;t be out of it."