- A) EITHER continuous opioid treatment for chronic nonmalignant pain for >=6 months receiving one of several specified opioid regimens for the past 1 month (including >=20 mg/day of oral methadone, >=30 mg/day of oral sustained release oxycodone, >=30 mg/day of oral morphine sulfate, >=6 mg/day of oral dilaudid or >= 8 mg/day of dilaudid ER, or >=25 mcg/hr of transdermal fentanyl or buprenorphine, or intrathecal morphine pump)