chronic pain
"I decided to go into pain management because my pain was to the point that I couldn't even go to the grocery store anymore. Walking was too painful. After about 3 years of oxycontin, my doctor put me on methadone. The initial reason was because of the high cost of oxycontin. Methadone was MUCH cheaper and as I soon found out,  MUCH better. I began to feel normal again. No more highs and lows. It is very difficult to get off of. Because of government regulation changes,  I had to experience that. I'm now on 240 mg morphine a day plus oxycodone. It doesn't compare to methadone. If the government had to live with the pain alot of is are in,  they would gladly approve methadone and encourage doctors to do what they went to medical school for."