[caseinpoint]

Very sorry to hear that. Chronic pain is an exhausting ordeal.

[GailA]

Sure is. But having the medicine be worse than the illness is even more of an ordeal. My Internist is a pain management specialist (he was very disappointed with Lyrica as a drug it didn't live up to the makers hype) and we have found a way to lower the pain level to where it is at a tolerable level by using 5 mg of Valium and 8 hr Tylenol for sleep, or if the pain level rises to high during the day with no side effects. At that level it is not addictive. Some times older drugs are the better and cheaper choice. But every one seems convinced that newer drugs and more expensive ones are the answer.