Well off the patches since Nov09 and now back on MS Contin 30mg, but not 12 hourly.  It is 30mg every 6 hours.  Some days are much better than others by a long shot.  Still have chronic Back Pain afert 4 yrs, and doctors don't recon that much will change now.  Now on 24 tablets a day just so i can function, yes at times I feel like a walking pharmacy. 

I am starting to find that I am getting upset and feel down some of the time.  I am living on the poverty line due to my situation and have bills comming out of my ears.  Try to stay positive people say, if some people knew what I was going through with pain mainly in my back, legs, shoulders, souls of my feet. 

I feel that my battle with all this is far from over.  Seams the longer it drags on the more disilusioned I become.  I have a very supportive frame work around me which stops me from falling into full fledged depression.

Being elergic or having bad reactions to alot of pain meds I have found that MS Contin is the best option.

Still tweeking my meds, and I don't really think that I will get away from all the medication for the rest of my life, but thanks 4 ur post.

PB07Au