nine times between then and i needed a more it more of that lamodol. i try to stay off of the prednisone because you heard of the football players and stuff. all of a sudden, 10 years ago maybe, they started giving you the paperwork. i looked at it and my doctor have theey, we will star back and you off of some of this drug. now, they need your idea and everything. years,told me in that 20 i am wide open on the lomotil, a painkiller and nobody knew. and every nine operations, i took opioids and i got off of them. the lomotil, i need to do more and more. now i take 4 three times a day. one three times a day. it is impossible to have any -- host: that is joe's story. what are you thinking about? it seems likest: joe has experienced what a lot of patients have. they have had to have increasingly higher doses which is more and more dangerous as you approach levels that shut down your breathing and cause overdoses. a lot of of doctors are doing what joe's doctor is doing and notifying patients of the risks and having them do random drug screenings and testi