Sorry you are having such a tough time of it. Everytime I see the "L" ad on TV I could scream. All those drugs on TV for that matter. I deal with pain and and learn to live with my stuff. I have two longtime injured shoulders and take some ibuprofen, Pain RX herbal and DGL for stomach protection. I have other issues too which are pain related but for me the drugs just cause too much damage. I'm older so my life has changed to adjust to pain.