I had a severe neck injury and had to have surgery. They had to use cadaver bone to make me several new discs and I ended up with a plate and 4 large screws in my neck, but the surgery failed and I have had horrible pain for 14 year's. I also have malabsorption problems and am on a feeding tube into my small intestine. I was on a 75mcg fentanyl patch and 4 10mg oxycodone tablets, muscle relaxers and fiorecet for disabling headaches caused by my neck. I never felt different just my pain was so much better and I could work and do things. Then the laws changed and my pain management doctor retired and my life was turned to hell. The new doctor treated me like a drug addict and cut all my medication down to 1/2 and then the next month cut it more and told me she wasn't prescribing me anymore and I was banned from there clinics. I tried medical Marijuana and it made me feel off and I hate that feeling and got so paranoid. They didn't help me find what kind to try so I didn't renew my license. The withdrawals from her stopping my medication and the unimaginable return of pain made me want to just die. I now have a new pain management doctor and they have me on 37mcg of patches and it only barely helps. I am at a loss on how to get through everyday and my quality of life is awful. Good luck to you. I don't understand why we have to pay the price for drug addicts that get illegal drugs and overdose. They are looking for a high, we are looking for relief from horrible disabling pain.