pain
"Suffering from joint pain due to cancer has been a debilitating existence.  When my doctor prescribed the Methadone while I was on a morphine pump getting 350Mg of morphine a day just to function, I was hoping and praying for a miracle.  I found it.  At 15 - 20 MG of methadone a day I can function and in the morning I can actually hold a piece of paper without screaming.  The stigma that has also come with the Methadone is not welcomed but I try to educate those that are naive rather than becoming angry or ashamed.  I will ask them to read on this medicine and after they have a different point of view and I can receive the treatment without the methadone being the focus of their attention."