I’m new and not sure I’m posting in the right place…forgive me. I have been reading this column which caught my eye because I have been on hydrocodone myself for about 15 years. Last month I did not pick up my medication because I had “extras “as I was trying to see if I could do without as many. Now I have to meet with my doctor and I am afraid she is going to tell me that I don’t need as many you now when I found out that I sure as hell need as many as I have after trying to do with the less. I don’t know what to tell her to have her continue to prescribe the amount that I have been getting every month and would sure appreciate some coaching in that matter. I am 82 and have back issues Periferal Neuropathy among other chronic pain issues