IN CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS, THE PRESENT INVENTION IS DIRECTED TO A SOLID CONTROLLED RELEASE DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING: A CORE COMPRISING A FIRST PORTION OF AN OPIOID ANALGESIC DISPERSED IN A FIRST MATRIX MATERIAL; AND A SHELL ENCASING THE CORE AND COMPRISING A SECOND PORTION OF THE OPIOID ANALGESIC DISPERSED IN A SECOND MATRIX MATERIAL; WHEREIN THE AMOUNT OF OPIOID ANALGESIC RELEASED FROM THE DOSAGE FORM IS PROPORTIONAL WITHIN 20% TO ELAPSED TIME FROM 8 TO 24 HOURS, AS MEASURED BY AN IN VITRO DISSOLUTION IN A USP APPARATUS 1 (BASKET) AT 100 RPM IN 900 ML SIMULATED GASTRIC FLUID WITHOUT ENZYMES (SGF) AT 37 C.