Lidoderm patches are what I use. I like them, you can wear a maximum of 3 patches 12 hours on, 12hours off. My skin get a little irratated if i used them for a few days in a row, but somewhat less often they are great.

ALso- I ahve mentioned on the today I thread that I really like Opana ER, which your doc may not be familiar with since it is new. It is long acting (12hour) oxymorphone. I was on vicodin before it, and 1 10mg Opana is equal to ~4 vicodin over the 12 hours.