Gary: speaking of weaning off pain meds, I'm hoping you can share your thought here also......Dan was on HEAVY narcotics for the 10 mths prior to his 12/04 diagnosis, as he had been misdiagnosed that entire time.....doctors kept adding to the pain meds and missing the real problem! After diagnosis he was taken off oxycontin and given duragesic patches and oxocodone liquid for breakthru pain. He stopped the liquid some wks back and the doctors decreased the patches to the lowest dose available. They gave him ax rx for methadone in case he had pain. He has NO pain, but feels lousy from the withdrawals......very down, irritable, and some nausea. The pharmacy has the methadone on order, I gave him a very low dose of the liquid again today and it made him feel better.....has anyone else experienced this kind of thing? How long did it take to get off all the pain meds? The doctor said to begin with 5mls of methadone (or the oxy liquid) and if no pain, decrease by one ml per day.....I'm assuming that I can do the same with the oxy......does this all sound right?

Thanks,
Michelle G.