Hey welcome back my dear!
okay do you really need my answer here??? I think it is not strong enough for our kind of pain ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WORKING and coming home with hellish pain due to that work....just guessing here.......

I know how hard it is and I'm not being critical just observational. I always have to take my diazepam and percocet 2 of each when I do crafts for goodness sake.....and that is not even for more than an hour. I try to pre medicate so that the pain does not get out of control.

i did get relief from this med in the beginning but it did not last long and I found I needed to increase the dose again and again. Also make sure you are not taking unnecessary tylenol in tramacet. and if you are on tramadol you can take tramacet the short acting one...yeah it has the tylenol....but you can take it between the long acting doses. You can also have the dose increased to three times a day as some people need the drug in their system more frequently. The 12hr dose schedule is arbitrary. I take oxycontin and not 12 hrs I take it every 8 hrs. My body has a fast drug metabolism.

just a few thoughs....
love and many hugs,
Victoria