Hello, new here! Hope to make some friends. When I talk to my family( I have no friends) about my pain and my pain meds they look at me like I have a 2nd head. While I suffer from chronic pain brought on by ms and lupus and just recently degenerative scoliosis I did get some relief from my back pain, just some, when I had two surgeries to correct a 64 degree curve that was curving at a very fast rate at about 10 degrees a year. I'm 50 and already could not stand up straight and had a significant hump on my back. Sorry getting off topic. The surgeries consisted of putting in 2 rods and about 50 something screws running from the base of my neck down to my tailbone. I got quit a laugh in mikee post about the longest but crack. Sorda reminds me of myself. Getting off topic again. sorry. you will find that I do that often and I do apologize. since my ms has become active my cognitive abilities have suffered greatly. At one point I was once a very intelligent person now I'm just stupid. THe chronic pain I endure from all my conditions is controlled mostly by 10mg of oxymorphone 4xday. and a 75mcg fentynl patch. I was also recently on Opana ER 40mg 2xday but that has now been taken off the market because of the idiots who melt it down and shoot it up. So I wonder if anyone knows an equivalent to opana er 40mg because what i'm taking now just aint getting it. my doc increased my fentynl patch from 50 to 75 to make up for no longer having the opana but it is just no enough. Would love to hear from anyone.