I know what you mean. It seems as if those of us using ops are bending the law, hiding, going around our physicians to obtain the meds we need, etc. I, for one, am not at all nervous about using us op's to control my chronic pain. They seem to be in that grey area of legality for now, so I feel safe. I use iop's for muscle relaxers (soma or zanaflex to help me sleep/and for pain) because they are quite a bit more reasonable than usop's when you evaluate the cost factor. I read about seizure notices from members of the board here and do get nervous. I guess that you have to play the odds if you want to play at all (using iop's). I think that it has become so easy (but not cheap) for us to buy meds via op's and never have to deal with our primary physicians that lends to that feeling of uneasiness, atleast for me anyways. If you have the money and medical records, you never have to even ask for meds from any unsympathetic doctor in your home town. Sounds good to me.