This post is semily OT, but I know there are several here that also have
"chronic pain"
issues so this might be of some interest of you.  I was watching the idiot
tube during
my 23hr sit-fest on my couch, LOL and a commercial came on talking about a
clinical
study going on in the Columbus Ohio area. Well I phoned them up and was
accepted
for the trial, I have an appointment next thursday.

What it's about is (darn brainfart again) some med company based here is
reworking
Oxycodone so that will reduce the abuse of the drug. It's been chemically
altered so
that if it's scored, cut, chopped, liquified or anyway other then being
taken whole WITH
food that the medication will not activate. Thus the reducing need of it
being sold or
abused.  The lady told me they had several already in the study that have
neuropathy
from Diabetes.

They give a free physical, each person is in the trial for 1yr from time of
start, meds
are dispensed FREE of charge and given every 2 weeks.  You also need medical
documentation that you have "chronic pain" for more then 5yrs.  You also
need to bring
in your current pan med prescription bottles so they can rework your dosage.

If anyones interested let me know I'll send you the phone number to call.
But thought
it would be of interest for a few of you to know that someone is working on
a way so
that those of us in need of heavy pain meds won't be hassled by our doctors
not wanting
to prescribe them.