I just wanted to leave a message about what I have been taking for the last couple weeks.  I read a bunch of your posting but I haven't really heard all of you talking too much about the drugs Subutex or Suboxone.  The U.S. recently made it that they are the only 2 drugs you can get from your primary care doctor that get rid of withdrawl completly.  I was taking about 40 percocets, OC's, and any other kind of narcotic I could get a hold of.  I had about a $250 a day habit.  This had been going on for about 2 years, everyday I would have to find new ways to get pills.  2 weeks ago, I started with the Subutex.  You just take the 1 pill and let it dissolve under your tongue.  It takes about 1 hour to take full effect, (it is an opiate receptor blocker, it is a long process to explain so I would google it if you want to learn more, but to sum it up, when you take painkillers the opiates fill in your receptors in your brain, say you receptors are a circle shaped hole, and the painkillers are circles and they fit the hole perfectly, well over time your brain will create more receptors and your tolerence will build up and you need more painkillers... well the subutex will go to the opiate receptors and trick your body into thinking you took pills.  But the subutex is the size of a small circle, half the size of the opiate circle, well the subutex will fill in the receptor in your brain enough so that you feel no withdrawl but doesn't fill in the receptor enough to give you a high feeling)  Anyways, I have been taking the subutex for over a month and I haven't felt better.  I did not feel any withdrawl symptoms, and the subutex makes you feel normal, not depressed.  And in the first 2 weeks, the subutex actually gave me a natural high feeling.  The suboxone, which is more commonly prescribed contains a chemical that will counteract any type of opiate, you can take herion and not feel it because the medicine will block it out.  But if you get the subutex, it does not have this chemical in it and you can take the subutex in the morning and still take pain killers at night.  I have done this twice, but really I don't feel the urge to take painkillers anymore.  Anyways, the subutex or suboxone is bearly addictive at all, 1/50th of the addiction than other options like methedone maintainance.  And the prescription is very cheap, with my insurance I pay $12 for a months prescription, a lot cheaper than my $250 a day old habit.  I just wanted everyone to be able to know about this option because it has worked so good for me!